1 Kings 6:5

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ויבן וַיִּבֶן

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wāw

Definition

sequential 'and'

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

Vav Conversive/Consecutive: The category “vav conversive / vav consecutive” is not an ancient grammatical datum; it is a modern explanatory construct, developed by early Hebraists to force Biblical Hebrew into a Latin/chronological tense model that it simply does not share.

The notion arose in early modern grammar (17th–19th c.) when scholars assumed:
- verbs must encode tense,
- narratives must advance by past → present → future,
- therefore Hebrew forms that “don’t behave” must be converted.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

בנה

bânâh

Definition

to build (literally and figuratively)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to build (literally and figuratively); (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), [idiom] surely.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1129

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בָּנָה

verb • Root בנה • Strongs / High • Page 257

To set up, to place; 1. to build, to erect, establish, to raise (a house, palace, city, temple, etc.); to build up (what is destroyed), to rebuild; to fortify. 2. Figuratively: to establish family happiness, posterity; to set up a throne; to bestow prosperity or well-being; to establish.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בָּנָה

verb • Page 105

1. To build, erect, or make (Gen. 8:20, 12:7; Gen. 2:22 regarding the rib). 2. To rebuild or build up what has been destroyed (Am. 9:14, Ps. 122:3). 3. Figuratively used for persons or nations, to build them up or make them prosperous (Jer. 24:6, 31:4).

בָּנָה

verb • Page 106

(Continued from previous page) 4. to raise up, or give posterity to any one (Gen. 16:2). Niph. 1. to be built, rebuilt (Deut. 13:17). 2. figuratively to be built up, to be made prosperous (Jer. 12:16, Mal. 3:15).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H1129

I. בָּנָה (approximate number of occurrences: 373) verb — build.

Cognates:

• Mesha Inscription בנה
• Nabatean¹ בנה
• Phoenician בן
• Arabic בני
• Assyrian banû²
• Sabean⁴ בני
• Aramaic בְּנָא
• Palmyrene⁵ בנא

— בָּנָה Qal Perfect בָּנָה Deuteronomy 20:5 +; בָּֽנְתָה Proverbs 9:1, Proverbs 14:1; בָּנִיתָ Deuteronomy 6:10; בָּנִתָה 1 Kings 9:3; וּבָנִ֫יתָ consecutive Deuteronomy 20:20 +; בָּנִיתְ Ezekiel 16:25; בָּנִתִי 1 Kings 8:13 +; plural בָּנוּ Genesis 11:5 + etc.; Imperfect יִבְּנֶה Deuteronomy 25:9 +; jussive וְיִבֶן Ezra 1:3, וַיִּבְנֶה Joshua 19:50; וַיִּ֫בֶן Genesis 2:22 +; suffix יִבְנֵ֫הוּ Job 20:19; 3 feminine singular וַתִּ֫בֶן 1 Chronicles 7:24, Zechariah 9:3; אֶבְנֶה 2 Samuel 7:27 +; plural יִבְנוּ Isaiah 65:22 + etc.; Imperative בְּנֵה Numbers 23:1 +; plural בְּנוּ Numbers 32:24 +; Infinitive absolute בָּנֹה 1 Kings 8:13; construct בְּנוֺת 1 Chronicles 6:17 + etc.; Participle active בֹּנֶה (בּוֺנֶה) Genesis 4:17 +; construct בֹּנֵה Psalm 147:2; plural בּוֺנִים Ezra 4:1 +; construct בֹּנֵי 1 Kings 5:32; passive בָּנוּי Song of Songs 4:4, Judges 6:28; feminine בְּנוּיָה Psalm 122:3; plural בְּנוּיִם Nehemiah 7:4.

1. Literal Meanings and Uses

a. Building various structures

• Of city: Genesis 4:17; Genesis 10:11; Genesis 11:4–5, 8 (Jehovist Source); Exodus 1:11; Numbers 32:24; Joshua 24:13 (Elohist Source); Judges 1:26; Psalm 122:3.
• Of house: Genesis 33:17 (Jehovist Source); Deuteronomy 6:10; Amos 5:11; Isaiah 65:21.
• Especially of Temple: 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 5:32; 1 Kings 6:1; 2 Samuel 7:5; (+ ליהוה) 1 Kings 6:1; (+ לְשֵׁם י׳) 2 Samuel 7:13; 1 Kings 5:17.
• Of altar: Genesis 8:20; Genesis 12:7–8; Genesis 13:18 (Jehovist Source); Genesis 22:9; Exodus 24:4 (Elohist Source); Joshua 22:11 (Priests' Code).
• Of wall, gate, or tower: Isaiah 60:10; Nehemiah 4:4; 2 Kings 15:35; Isaiah 5:2.
• Of siege-works: Deuteronomy 20:2 (+ מָצוֺר); 2 Kings 25:1; Ezekiel 4:2 (+ דָּיֵק).

b. Construction details

• With accusative of material: Exodus 20:25 (Elohist Source); 1 Kings 6:36.
• With בְּ of material: 1 Kings 6:15–16.
• Of Yahweh fashioning the rib into a woman: Genesis 2:22 (+ אֶת־הַצֵּלָע לְאִשָּׁה).

c. Rebuilding and repairing

• Of cities and walls: Joshua 6:26; Amos 9:14; Nehemiah 2:5.
• Of ruins: Isaiah 58:12 (+ חָרְבוֺת עוֺלָם); Ezekiel 36:36.

2. Figurative Meanings

a. Establishing a family or household

• Of perpetuating a family: Ruth 4:11; Deuteronomy 25:9.
• Of Yahweh's promise to David: 1 Samuel 2:35; 2 Samuel 7:27; 1 Kings 11:38.

b. Building up the people/nation

• Of the restoration of Israel: Jeremiah 24:6; Jeremiah 31:4; Jeremiah 42:10.
• Of establishing Zion or the throne: Psalm 102:17; Psalm 89:5.

3. Niph`al

— Perfect נִבְנָה 1 Kings 3:2; 3 feminine singular נִבְנְתָה Numbers 13:22; Imperfect יִבָּנֶה Job 12:14; אִבָּנֶה Genesis 16:2; Infinitive לְהִבָּנוֺת Haggai 1:2.

a. Literal senses

• be built: Numbers 13:22; 1 Kings 6:7.
• be rebuilt: Isaiah 44:26; Jeremiah 30:18; Haggai 1:2.

b. Figurative senses

• be established / prosper: Jeremiah 12:16; Malachi 3:15; Job 22:23.
• Of a childless wife being "built up" (becoming a mother) through a concubine: Genesis 16:2; Genesis 30:3 (+ מִמֶּנָּה).

¹ Julius Euting, Nabatäische Inschriften aus Arabien (1885).

² Eberhard Schrader, The Cuneiform Inscriptions and the Old Testament (COT).

³ Jacob Barth, Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft (ZMG 1887, 640).

⁴ Corpus Inscriptionum Semiticarum (CIS).

⁵ Melchior de Vogüé, Syrie centrale: Inscriptions sémitiques (1868).

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ᾠκοδόμησεν οἰκοδομῆσαι ᾠκοδόμησαν οἰκοδομήσει οἰκοδομήσεισ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1129:

ᾠκοδόμησεν 94× (22.6%)

οἰκοδομῆσαι 36× (8.5%)

ᾠκοδόμησαν 26× (6.2%)

οἰκοδομήσει 16× (4.2%)

οἰκοδομήσεισ 16× (4.0%)

ᾠκοδόμησα 14× (3.5%)

οἰκοδομήσουσιν 9× (2.1%)

οἰκοδομεῖν 8× (1.9%)

οἰκοδομήσω 8× (1.9%)

--- 7× (1.8%)

על עַל־

upon/against/yoke

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

על

ʻal

Definition

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

Root

properly, the same as H5920 (על) used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following);

Exhaustive

properly, the same as על used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5921

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עַל

adjective / noun • Root עלה • Strongs / High • Page 1088

Highest; same as עֶלְיוֹן. This form is abridged from עָלָה and derived from עָלַי (like יַד from יָדָה I.), serving as the construct form עֲלֵי (out of עֲלַאי).

עַל

preposition / adverb • Root עלה • Strongs / High • Page 1088

A preposition: upon, over, above, super, in the widest sense. It expresses protecting, covering, resting above upon (answering to 'where'); motion toward the upper surface (answering to 'whither?'); local direction to a more distant agency; or proximity/timing ('with, at'). Used figuratively as dat. commodi and incommodi, meaning a burden or duty upon one, or with certain verbs replacing the dative case. Also expresses motion down upon or up to, sometimes interchanging with אֶל.

עַל

preposition / adverb • Strongs / High • Page 1089

Preposition or Adverb meaning upon, over, at, above (denoting physical overtopping or mental superiority/dominion); expressing addition (to, reckoned to); proximity (by, around); suitability (according to); or occasionally used concessively (though, quanquam).

עַל

preposition / particle / conjunction • Strongs / High • Page 1090

Properly, over, upon, concerning, notwithstanding, against, towards, for the sake of, on account of. Used to express position, antithesis, or distance (away from). After certain verbs, signifies giving way, removing, or fleeing. Also forms various compound particles (e.g., עַל-מָה, עַל-כֵּן, עַל אֲשֶׁר).

עַל

preposition (aramaic) • Root אלא • Strongs / High • Page 1090

Aramaic equivalent of the Hebrew עַל. Means: Upon, over, on account of, unto, against, or dative. (Used with suffixes like עָלַי, עָלֵךְ, עֲלֵיהוֹן).

עַל

noun / prepos. • Root עלה • Strongs / High • Page 1092

Derivative of עָלָה, listed as a noun and a preposition.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עַל

substantive / adverb / adjective • Root עלה • Page 507

Strictly a substantive meaning whatever is high or uppermost (Hos. 7:16, 11:7). Used as an adverb: (1.) 'above' (Gen. 27:39, 49:25; Ps. 50:4). Used as an adjective: (2.) 'high' (2 Sam. 23:1).

Preposition

LXX: ἐπὶ ἐπ' ἐφ' τοῦτο ''

LXX Usage Statistics

H5921a:

ἐπὶ 1722× (33.1%)

ἐπ' 701× (13.4%)

ἐφ' 195× (3.7%)

τοῦτο 116× (1.9%)

'' 116× (1.9%)

περὶ 113× (2.2%)

ἀπὸ 108× (2.1%)

--- 108× (2.1%)

αὐτοὺσ 95× (1.6%)

εἰσ 93× (1.8%)

קיר קִיר

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

קיר

qîyr

Definition

a wall (as built in a trench)

Root

or קר; (Isaiah 22:5), or (feminine) קירה; from H6979 (קור);

Exhaustive

or קר; (Isaiah 22:5), or (feminine) קירה; from קור; a wall (as built in a trench); [phrase] mason, side, town, [idiom] very, wall.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7023

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

קִיר

pih. verb • Root קור • Strongs / High • Page 1271

(Pih. usage) 1. prop. to break or stick through; hence to lay in ruins, to break down, to destroy. 2. to deepen out, to make deep.

קִיר

word entry • Root קור • Strongs / High • Page 1272

farther (pl. קִירִים), and perhaps the denom. קִירָה and הַקּוּרָה.

קִיר

noun masculine • Root קיר קיר • Strongs / High • Page 1276

1. Depth of walls. 2. A thing which embraces or encloses; hence a wall (about a city, of a house, etc.). Also refers generally to a city (like קִיר מוֹאָב, a Moabite city).

קִיר

noun proper / noun masculine • Root קיר • Strongs / High • Page 1277

1. Proper noun of a town in Moab (Is. 15, 1, 22, 36), possibly meaning 'tower' or 'fortress'. 3. Proper noun of an Assyrian province, the district lying on the river Kur. 4. (pl. קִירוֹת) beams, beams of the roof and floor.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

קִיר

m. gen. • Page 587

1. a wall (1 K. 6: 5, Lev. 1: 15). 2. a city, hence as a proper name (Is. 15: 1). 3. name of a people and country under the dominion of the Assyrians (Is. 22: 6, 2 K. 16: 9).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H7023

I. קִיר (approximate number of occurrences: 74) noun masculine^{Psalm 62:4} — wall (√ unknown).

— קִיר absolute Numbers 22:25 +, קִר Isaiah 22:5; construct קִיר 1 Kings 6:5 +; plural קִירוֺת 1 Kings 6:16 +, construct id., 1 Kings 6:5 +; suffix קִירֹתָיו Exodus 30:3 +, etc. — wall, especially as flat surface:

1. Usually of house or chamber

a. Inner surface

• Amos 5:19
• 1 Samuel 18:11 (9 times)
• (of temple) 1 Kings 6:15 a, 15 b (but read קוֺרוֺת beams, with ¹ᵐ5 The Kit Benz)
• 1 Kings 6:16; 1 Kings 6:27 (6 times)

b. Outer surface

• 2 Kings 9:33
• Ezekiel 33:30
• Isaiah 59:10 (in simile)
• זֶרֶם קִיר Isaiah 25:4 (but Lo Kn Gr Di Du Che and others read קֹר; JP Peters² proposes בָּדָד [as Isaiah 28:2])
• (of temple) 1 Kings 6:5 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 6:6
• Ezekiel 41:6 (twice in verse)

c. Both inner and outer

• Ezekiel 41:17; Ezekiel 41:20; Ezekiel 41:25

d. Indeterminate

• Ezekiel 12:5, 7, 12
• Ezekiel 23:14

e. Thickness specified

• Ezekiel 41:5, 9, 12, 13 (of Ezekiel's temple)

f. As enclosing or separating

• 2 Kings 4:10 (of עֲלִיָּה)
• Ezekiel 43:8

2. Wall of court, vineyard, or city

• (of temple-court) Ezekiel 8:7, 8 (twice in verse) (in vision)
• (of vineyard) Numbers 22:25 (twice in verse) (Jehovist Source)
• (of city) Numbers 35:4 (Priestly Code)
• ק׳ הַחוֹמָה Joshua 2:15 (Jehovist/Elohist Source) the (inner) surface of the wall

3. General and figurative uses

• 1 Kings 5:13
• (in phrase מַשְׁתִּין בְּקִיר) 1 Samuel 25:22, 34; 1 Kings 14:10; 1 Kings 16:11; 1 Kings 21:21; 2 Kings 9:8
• figurative Ezekiel 13:12, 14 (apparently feminine, but city Jerusalem probably in mind, compare Albr³ Kö⁴), Ezekiel 13:15
• ("" חַיִץ Ezekiel 13:10)
• ק׳ נָטוּי Psalm 62:4
• אֶבֶן קִיר 2 Samuel 5:11 = 1 Chronicles 14:1, compare Habakkuk 2:11 (figurative)
• קִיר בַּרְזֶל Ezekiel 4:3 (symbolic)

— Isaiah 22:5 is dubious: usually wall (so even Du Che Marti), but reference not clear; Ew Che Klo Brd Wkl קוֺע, so WMM, but see Dr.

4. Of flat side of altar

• Ezekiel 41:22
• Exodus 30:3; Exodus 37:26; Leviticus 1:15; Leviticus 5:9 (all Priestly Code)

5. Walls of heart

• קִירוֹת לִבִּי Jeremiah 4:19 walls of my heart (as seat of pain).

¹ ᵐ5 Septuagint; The = O. Thenius; Kit = R. Kittel; Benz = I. Benzinger.

² J. P. Peters, Journal of Biblical Literature xi (1892), 46.

³ K. Albrecht, Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft xvi (1896), 85.

⁴ E. König, Historisch-Kritisches Lehrgebäude der hebräischen Sprache (1881-1897).

Noun common both singular construct

LXX: τοῖχον τοίχου --- '' τοίχουσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7023:

τοῖχον 23× (29.5%)

τοίχου 10× (12.5%)

--- 6× (9.1%)

'' 5× (6.5%)

τοίχουσ 5× (6.2%)

τοίχων 4× (4.9%)

τοῖχοσ 2× (2.6%)

τοίχῳ 2× (2.4%)

τοίχοισ 2× (2.1%)

τοῖχοι 2× (2.1%)

הבית הַבַּיִת

the House

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

בית

bayith

Definition

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

Root

probably from H1129 (בנה) abbreviated;

Exhaustive

probably from בנה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1004

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בִּית

verb • Root בית • Consonantal / Medium • Page 230

To pass the night.

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּיִת

noun masculine • Root בות • Consonantal / Medium • Page 237

house in the widest sense, consequently also tent, hut, tower, palace, temple

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּיִת

noun masculine (aramaic) • Consonantal / Medium • Page 239

The same [as Hebrew 'house']; king's house; temple; treasury; banquet-house.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בַּּיִת

noun • Page 97

A city of Moab, Is. 15:2. Elsewhere written more in full as בֵּית בַּעַל מְעוֹן.

בַּיִת

noun masculine • Root בות • Page 96

1. House, dwelling (Gen. 15:3, Ecc. 2:7). 2. Tent (Gen. 33:17, 2 K. 23:7). 3. Palace, temple (Gen. 12:15, 1 Sam. 5:2, 1 K. 4:6, Is. 14:18). 4. Applied to part of a house or palace, e.g., banqueting-hall (Est. 7:8) or harem (Est. 2:3). 5. Repository, place, or container of any thing, e.g., smelling bottles (Is. 3:20), places for staves (Ex. 26:29), spider's web (Job 8:14), trench (1 K. 18:32), or tomb (Neh. 2:3). 6. The inner part, within (Ex. 28:26, Gen. 6:14). 7. Figuratively: family, kindred, tribe, people (Ex. 12:4, Gen. 7:1, Hos. 8:1). 8. Particularly posterity (Ruth 4:11, 2 Sam. 7:27). 9. Strictly one's father's house (Gen. 24:23, 46:31, Num. 1:2).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H1004

I. בַּיִת (approximate number of occurrences: 2034) noun masculine Deuteronomy 8:12 — house.

Cognates:

• Phoenician בית
• MI בית
• Suffix ביתיה
• Arabic الحمد
• Aramaic בַּיְתָא
• Assyrian bītu
• COT Gloss
• Sabean בית, בת
• Fortress DHM ZMG 1883, 387
• Temple Hal 257 DHM ZMG 1876, 697
• Ethiopic ብር Palmyrene in בית עלמא, בית מקברתא sepulchre Vog 32, 64 and others

Etymology dubious; Thes √ בות, Aramaic בּוּת,ܠܐ spend the night, Arabic باب Ethiopic አርትስ but this perhaps denominative, & בית from √ לרץ with ת afform. compare Sta §187 a

— בַּיִת absolute Exodus 12:30 +; בָּיִת Genesis 33:17 +; בַּיִתָה (ָה locative) Psalm 68:7 +; construct בֵּית Genesis 12:15 +; suffix בֵּיתִי Genesis 15:2 +; בֵּיתְךָ Genesis 7:1 +, etc.; הַבַּיִתָה, בַּיִתָה (in) to the house, homeward, Genesis 19:10; Psalm 68:7 +; also בֵּיתָה (in) to the house of ...; plural בָּתִּים Exodus 1:21 + (i.e. battîm, see Nöldeke in Mei Archaeology i. 456 f., compare Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar §96); construct בָּתֵּי Exodus 8:17 +; suffix בָּתֶּיךָ Exodus 10:6; בָּתֵּיו 1 Chronicles 28:11; בָּתֵּינוּ Exodus 12:27 +; בָּתֵּיכֶם Genesis 42:19; בָּתֵּיהֶם Numbers 16:32 +; ( בָּתֵּימוֹ Psalm 49:12), etc.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. House as dwelling habitation

• Genesis 19:2, 3, 4, 11
• Genesis 27:15
• Genesis 33:17 (object of בָּנָה)
• Exodus 12:7 + often
• מִשְׁבַּת בָּתִּים Leviticus 25:29 (compare בַּיִת לְשִׁבְתִּיִם 2 Samuel 7:5)
• Deuteronomy 6:9
• Deuteronomy 11:20
• Joshua 2:15
• Judges 16:26 f.
• Supported by pillars 2 Samuel 11:12 etc.
• See especially temple and king's house in Jerusalem 1 Kings 5-7 etc.
• Compare Song of Solomon 1:7
• Jeremiah 22:14
• Of Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40 f.
• בָּתֵּי סְפוּנִים of luxurious houses Haggai 1:4
• בָּנָה בָּתִּים טוֹבִים Deuteronomy 8:12
• בָּנָה בַּיִת חָדָשׁ Deuteronomy 20:5
• Compare Deuteronomy 22:8
• Also with בָּנָה Deuteronomy 28:30 + often
• Particularly in J occasionally of tent Genesis 27:15
• Compare Genesis 33:17 (with בָּנָה; here of nomad's hut)
• Usually of solid materials, with doorposts, etc. Exodus 12:7
• Walls Leviticus 14:37, 39, of stones, timber & mortar Leviticus 14:45 (compare Leviticus 14:40; 42; 43)
• So also Joshua 2:15
• With roof on which one could walk 2 Samuel 11:12 etc.
• Of cedar בֵּית אֲרָזִים 2 Samuel 7:2, 7 = 1 Chronicles 17:1 ( בֵּית הָא 1 Chronicles 17:6)
• בֵּית הַשֶּׁנִי 1 Kings 22:39 compare Amos 3:15
• בֵּית יַעַר הַלְּבָנוֹן 1 Kings 7:2
• 2 Chronicles 9:20
• בֵּית הַיַּעַר Isaiah 22:8
• Before word of quality or characteristic, בֵּית אֵבֶל Ecclesiastes 7:2 "" בֵּית מִשְׁתֶּה Ecclesiastes 7:4 "" בֵּית שִׂמְחָה
• בֵּית מַרְזֵחַ Jeremiah 16:5
• בֵּית מִשְׁתֶּה Jeremiah 16:8
• בֵּית חֲמֻדֹּתִי Ezekiel 26:12
• בֵּית תַּעֲנוּגֵי הָהָּ Micah 2:9
• Compare בֵּית מְרִי rebellious house below 5 d below

b. House as shelter or abode of animals

• 1 Samuel 6:7, 10 compare Exodus 9:19
• בֵּית עַכָּבִישׁ spider's web Job 8:14 (compare בָּנָה כָּעָשׁ בֵּיתוֹ Job 27:18)
• צִמְּרוֹר מָצָא הָה בֵּיתוֹ Psalm 84:4 ("" קֵן)
• חֲסִידָה בְּרוֹשִׁים בֵּיתָה Psalm 104:17 (compare "" & Cheyne)
• Proverbs 30:26 (of the שְׁפַנִּים 'conies')

c. Figurative of human bodies

• בָּתֵּי חֹמֶר houses of clay Job 4:19, compare in phrase שֹׁמְרֵי הַבַּיִת keepers of the house, i.e. the arms Ecclesiastes 12:3
• See further בֵּית מְגוּרִי Psalm 119:54

d. Of Sheol

• שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתִי Job 17:13, compare בֵּית מוֹעֵד לְכָל חָי Job 30:23 ("" מָוֶת)
• בֵּית עוֹלָם Ecclesiastes 12:5 (perhaps = tomb, see Delitzsch)

e. Of abode of light & darkness

• Job 38:20

f. Of land of Ephraim as Yahweh's house

• Hosea 8:1
• Hosea 9:15 (compare בֵּית אָרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל Hosea 9:3)

g. Place

• Of Jerusalem בֵּית קִבְרוֹת אֲבֹתִי Nehemiah 2:3 ("" עִיר Nehemiah 2:5), compare also proper name compounded with בֵּית, below, & בֵּית מַמְלָכָה Amos 7:13 (predicate of Bethel)
• בֵּית נְתִיבוֹת Proverbs 8:2 i.e. where paths meet RV
• אֲבָנִים בֵּית Job 8:17
• On both these see בֵּית below [בַּיִן] p. 108

h. Receptacle

• תְּעָלָה כְּבֵּית שְׁנֵי סְאִים a trench like a receptacle of two seahs 1 Kings 18:32
• בָּתֵּי נֵפֶשׁ vials of perfume Isaiah 3:20
• Especially בָּתִּים לְבַדִּים holders for the staves, i.e. rings, טַבָּעַת ib.; so Exodus 25:27; Exodus 37:14, 27; Exodus 38:5; compare בָּתִּים לְבַרִּיחִים Exodus 26:29; Exodus 36:34 holders for the bars (all P, & all explained by טַבָּעַת)
• בֵּית לָהָה סָבִיב its [construct as Psalm 58:5] house (= enclosing cage) was round about (strike out B Hi Co) Ezekiel 1:27

i. House as containing a family, hence household, family

• יְלִידֵי בֵּיתוֹ Genesis 14:14
• Compare Genesis 17:12 (opposed to מִקְנַת כַּסְפֶּךָ) Genesis 17:13 (all "" id.) figurative of Israel Jeremiah 2:14 ("" עֶבֶד)
• Compare בֶּן בֵּיתִי Genesis 15:3
• בְּנֵי בַּיִת הָיָה לִי Ecclesiastes 2:7 (as token of wealth & prosperity)
• Of one's sister מוֹלֶדֶת בַּיִת Leviticus 18:19 ("" חוּץ בָּמָה compare below)
• אֲנָשִׁים בֵּיתוֹ Genesis 17:27
• בְּנֵי בַּיִת Genesis 36:6
• כָּל נֶפֶשׁ לְבֵית יַעֲקֹב Genesis 46:27

j. Household, family (592 times)

• Ordinary sense, those belonging to the same household Genesis 7:1
• Genesis 12:1, 17 +, Deuteronomy 6:22
• Deuteronomy 11:6 +
• Hexateuch mostly J D
• E Genesis 35:2
• Genesis 42:33
• Genesis 50:22 compare Exodus 1:21 below
• P Genesis 36:6
• Exodus 1:1
• Exodus 12:4
• Leviticus 16:6, 11, 17
• Numbers 16:32
• Numbers 18:31
• Joshua 22:15
• Even where expressly said to inhabit tents Numbers 16:32
• Deuteronomy 11:6 אֶת בָּתֵּיהֶם וְאֶת אֲהָלֵיהֶם
• Specifically בֶּן זָקֵן בָּתִּי Genesis 24:2
• Compare Genesis 50:7 (of rank & dignity in household)
• Of a family of handicraftsmen מִשְׁפְּחוֹת בֵּית עֲבֹדַת הַבּוּץ 1 Chronicles 4:21 (see בּוּץ)
• Also, with figurative of house clearly in mind בְּמִשְׁקָלַת בָּתִּי 2 Kings 21:13
• בֵּית מִשְׁפָּתַי 2 Samuel 7:27
• Compare especially with proper name, e.g. בֵּית שָׁאוּל 2 Samuel 3:1 (twice in verse)
• 2 Samuel 3:6 (twice in verse)
• 2 Samuel 3:8, 10
• 2 Samuel 9:1, 2, 3, 9
• 2 Samuel 16:5 ( בֵּית שָׁאוּל בְּמִשְׁפָּחַת בָּתִּי )
• 2 Samuel 16:8
• 2 Samuel 19:18 (compare 2 Samuel 21:1 where read וְאֵל בֵּית דָּמִים so We Dr)
• 1 Chronicles 12:29
• בֵּית דָּוִד 2 Samuel 3:1, 6
• 2 Samuel 7:26 = 1 Chronicles 17:24 (compare context in both)
• 1 Kings 12:19 2 Chronicles 10:19, 20
• 2 Chronicles 10:26
• 2 Kings 17:21
• Isaiah 7:2, 13
• Jeremiah 21:12
• Zechariah 12:7, 8, 10, 12 ( בֵּית דָּוִד בְּמִשְׁפָּחַת בָּתִּי )
• Psalm 122:5
• יַרְבְּעָם בָּתִּי 1 Kings 13:34
• 1 Kings 14:10 (twice in verse)
• 1 Kings 14:13, 14
• 1 Kings 15:29
• 1 Kings 16:3
• 1 Kings 21:22
• 2 Kings 9:9
• 2 Kings 10:10, 11
• 2 Kings 21:13
• Micah 6:16
• 2 Chronicles 21:6
• 2 Chronicles 21:13
• 2 Chronicles 22:3
• 2 Chronicles 22:4
• 2 Chronicles 22:7
• 2 Chronicles 22:8
• Etc.

k. Especially of Hebrew people & subdivisions

• בֵּית יִשְׂחָק Amos 7:16
• עָשָׂו בָּתִּי Obadiah 1:18 (twice in verse)
• בֵּית יַעֲקֹב Genesis 46:27 (P) Exodus 19:3 (E) Amos 3:13
• Amos 9:8
• Micah 2:7
• Obadiah 1:17, 18
• Isaiah 8:17
• Isaiah 10:20
• Isaiah 14:1
• Isaiah 29:22
• Isaiah 46:3
• Isaiah 48:1
• Isaiah 58:1
• Jeremiah 2:4, 26 17 times Jeremiah
• Ezekiel 3:1, 4, 5, 7 (twice in verse) 75 times Ezekiel
• Also בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהוָה Ezekiel 9:9 + Ezekiel 25:8 Co
• יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּזֶרַע בָּתִּי Jeremiah 23:8
• Ezekiel 44:22 (Co strike out בֵּית)
• שְׁנֵי בָּתֵּי יִשְׂרָאֵל Isaiah 8:14
• בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּזֶרַע בָּתִּי Ezekiel 20:5 (strike out Co)
• Most frequently בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל (Vrss & variant reading sometimes בֶּן see בֶּן) Hexateuch Exodus 16:31
• Exodus 40:38
• Leviticus 10:6
• Numbers 20:29 (all P)
• Leviticus 17:3, 8, 10
• Leviticus 22:18 (H)
• Joshua 21:43 (D)
• 1 Samuel 7:2 8 times Samuel Kings
• Hosea 1:4, 6
• Hosea 5:1
• Hosea 6:10
• Hosea 12:1
• 7 times Amos
• Micah 1:5
• Micah 3:1, 9
• Isaiah 5:7
• Isaiah 14:2
• Also Isaiah 46:3
• Isaiah 63:7
• Zechariah 8:13
• But especially Jeremiah 2:4, 26 17 times Jeremiah
• Ezekiel 3:1, 4, 5, 7 (twice in verse) 75 times Ezekiel
• Also בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהוָה Ezekiel 9:9 + Ezekiel 25:8 Co
• בֵּית מְרִי rebellious house (of Israel) Ezekiel 2:5, 6
• Ezekiel 3:9, 26, 27
• Ezekiel 12:2, 3
• & הַמְּרִי בָּתִּי Ezekiel 2:8
• Ezekiel 12:2, 9, 25
• Ezekiel 17:12
• Ezekiel 24:3 [+ Ezekiel 44:6 Co]
• בֵּית יְהוּדָה 2 Samuel 2:4, 7, 10, 11
• 1 Kings 12:21 2 Chronicles 11:1
• 2 Kings 19:30 = Isaiah 37:31
• Isaiah 22:21
• Hosea 1:7
• Hosea 5:12, 14
• Zephaniah 2:7
• Zechariah 8:13, 15, 19
• Zechariah 10:3, 6
• Zechariah 12:4
• & especially Jeremiah 3:18 9 times Jeremiah
• Ezekiel 4:6 4 times Ezekiel + Ezekiel 9:9 above
• Also יְהוּדָה וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּתִּי 1 Kings 12:23
• מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה בָּתִּי Jeremiah 21:11
• Jeremiah 22:6
• יֹסֵף בָּתִּי Genesis 50:8
• Joshua 17:17
• Joshua 18:5 (all J E)
• Judges 1:22, 23, 35
• 2 Samuel 19:21
• 1 Kings 11:28
• Amos 5:6
• Obadiah 1:18
• Zechariah 10:6
• אֶפְרַיִם בָּתִּי Judges 10:9
• בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּתִּי 2 Samuel 3:19 compare 1 Kings 12:23 above
• לֵוִי בָּתִּי Exodus 2:1 (E) Numbers 17:23 (P) Zechariah 12:13 ( בֵּית לֵוִי בְּמִשְׁפָּחַת בָּתִּי )
• Psalm 135:20
• אַהֲרֹן בָּתִּי Psalm 115:10
• Psalm 115:12
• Psalm 118:3
• Psalm 135:19

l. Technically, yet with some looseness of usage, בֵּית אָב father's house, of family or clan, plural בָּתֵּי אָבוֹת father-houses, families (e.g. Numbers 1:2) (79 times; only P & Chronicles)

• Exodus 6:14
• Exodus 12:3
• Numbers 1:2, 4, 18 41 times Numbers
• Joshua 22:14 (twice in verse)
• 1 Chronicles 4:38
• 1 Chronicles 5:13 25 times Chronicles
• Ezra 2:59
• Ezra 10:16
• Nehemiah 7:61
• Nehemiah 10:35
• = tribe Numbers 17:17 (twice in verse)
• Numbers 17:18
• Numbers 17:21
• = main division of tribe Numbers 3:20, 24 +, compare Numbers 34:14 (twice in verse) etc.
• Further sub-division Exodus 12:3
• 1 Chronicles 7:2, 7 +
• Compare especially 1 Chronicles 23:11 Jeush and Beriah had not many sons, therefore they became לְבֵית אָב לְפִקֻּדָּה אַחַת (compare רָאשֵׁי אָבוֹת, below אָב)

m. House, including household affairs, persons, property, etc.

• וַיִּפְקְדֵהוּ עַל בֵּיתוֹ Genesis 39:4 compare Genesis 39:5
• אֲשֶׁר עַל בֵּיתוֹ Genesis 44:1, 4
• Hence אִישׁ עַל הַבַּיִת as title of governor of the palace (Ewald H iii. 269) Isaiah 22:15
• Isaiah 36:3 compare 1 Kings 4:6
• 2 Kings 15:5
• In Israel 1 Kings 16:9
• 1 Kings 18:3
• 2 Kings 10:5
• Further 2 Samuel 17:23
• 2 Kings 20:1 = Isaiah 38:1
• Hence of personal property 1 Kings 13:8 אִם תִּתֶּן לִי אֶת חֲצִי בֵּיתֶךָ
• Family and property (everything on which one depends) Job 8:15

n. בַּיִתָה, בָּיְתָה, literally housewards, hence metaphor inwards

• Exodus 28:26 = Exodus 39:19 (that is, of the ephod)
• 1 Kings 7:25 2 Chronicles 4:4 (that is, of the circle of oxen supporting the molten sea)
• 2 Samuel 5:9 מִן הַמִּלּוֹא וָבָיְתָה from the Millo and inward
• Ezekiel 44:17

o. מִבַּיִת a. adverb on the inside (of a building, chest, etc.: opposed to מִחוּץ)

• Genesis 6:14
• Exodus 25:11 = Exodus 37:2
• Leviticus 14:41
• 1 Kings 6:15, 16
• 2 Kings 6:30 (of a person's clothes)
• Ezekiel 7:15
• So with ה locative מִבַּיִתָה 1 Kings 6:15

p. מִבַּיִת לְ (construct Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar §130, 1 n.) preposition within (opposed to מִחוּץ לְ)

• מִבַּיִת לַמִּשְׁכָּן within the veil Exodus 26:33
• Leviticus 16:2, 12
• Numbers 18:7 לְכָל דְּבַר הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וּלְמִבַּיִת לַמִּשְׁכָּן for everything of the altar, and for (that) within the veil
• 1 Kings 7:8, 31
• (read לְכַתְּפֹת; see VB & Stade ZAW 1883, 165)
• אֵלִים מִבַּיִת לְ (after a verb of motion) in within Leviticus 16:15
• 2 Kings 11:15 2 Chronicles 23:14

Note. — בית perhaps occurs abbreviated into ב in proper name בְּעֶשְׁתְּרוֹת q. v. so Thes and others; compare also Aramaic בּא = בית in like usage Lag Armen. Stud. §339; Se i. 51; GGA 1884, 276. בֵּית הַגָּן proper name, of a location? א5 Βαιθαν (Βαιθαγαν), א5 L Βαιθωρων, 2 Kings 9:27; modern Jenîn? see גַּן, below גָּן, and עֵין גַּנִּים; compare Stade Gesch i. 542. כְּלוּא Kt, כְּלִיאָה Qr noun [masculine] id.; — בֵּית הַכֶּלֶא Jeremiah 37:4; Jeremiah 52:31 (see כֶּלֶא above)

II. [בַּיִת] noun [feminine] suffix בֵּיתֶּךְ Ezekiel 16:36 where context favours meaning lust, harlotry.

III. בַּיִת 44 noun masculine Ezra 6:7 house (Biblical Hebrew בַּיִת); — emphatic בֵּיתָא Ezra 5:3 +, תָּא - Ezra 5:12; Ezra 6:15; construct בֵּית( Ezra 4:24; Ezra 5:2 +; suffix בֵּיתִי Daniel 4:1 (Baer n., compare M §76 c; van d. H. Gi בֵּיתִי), בֵּיתָה Daniel 2:17 +; plural suffix בָּתֵּיכוֹן Daniel 2:5; — 1 house, of men: Ezra 6:11 (twice in verse); Daniel 2:5,17; Daniel 3:29; Daniel 6:11; of king Ezra 6:4; Daniel 4:4, מִשְׁתְּיָא בֵּית Daniel 5:10, גִּנְזַיָּא דִּי מַלְכָּא בֵּית Ezra 5:17, compare Ezra 7:20 = בֵּית סִפְרַיָּא וְגִנְזַיָּא בֵּית Ezra 6:1; מַלְכִין בֵּית Ezra 4:30 royal residence (of Babylonian). 2 house of God, temple at Jerusalem Daniel 5:3,23; Ezra 4:24 28 times Ezra.

¹ K. Albrecht

² M. Lidzbarski 322

³ D. H. Müller

⁴ Nöldeke in Mei Archaeology i. 456 f.

⁵ Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar §96

⁶ J

⁷ Driver Sm 29, n. 2

⁸ Vog 32, 64

⁹ DHM ZMG 1883, 387

¹⁰ Hal 257 DHM ZMG 1876, 697

¹¹ Palmyrene in בית עלמא, בית מקברתא sepulchre Vog 32, 64 and others

¹² Thes √ בות, Aramaic בּוּת,ܠܐ spend the night, Arabic باب Ethiopic አርትስ but this perhaps denominative, & בית from √ לרץ with ת afform. compare Sta §187 a

¹³ Ew H iii.718 & Klo

¹⁴ VB & Sta ZAW 1883, 165

¹⁵ We Dr

¹⁶ Co

¹⁷ Hi Co

¹⁸ B Hi Co

¹⁹ Lag Armen. Stud. §339; Se i. 51; GGA 1884, 276

²⁰ Wetzst Hauran 110 Kampffmeyer ZPV xv (1892). 111

²¹ Stade Gesch i. 542

²² Baer n., compare M §76 c; van d. H. Gi

²³ [] Indicates that the form enclosed is not actually found (assumed/reconstructed) or that the Hebrew offers no positive proof (gender).

²⁴ † Hapax Legomenon (occurs only once in Scripture).

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: οἶκον οἴκου οἴκῳ οἶκοσ pεἰσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1004b:

οἶκον 503× (20.8%)

οἴκου 413× (18.3%)

οἴκῳ 323× (12.8%)

οἶκοσ 163× (7.1%)

pεἰσ 92× (4.6%)

οἴκουσ 89× (3.7%)

οἰκίαν 75× (3.1%)

pἐν 70× (3.4%)

--- 57× (2.8%)

'' 54× (2.3%)

יצוע יָצוֹעַ

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

יצוע

yâtsûwaʻ

Definition

spread, i.e. a bed; (architecture) an extension, i.e. wing or lean-to (a single story or collectively)

Root

passive participle of H3331 (יצע);

Exhaustive

passive participle of יצע; spread, i.e. a bed; (architecture) an extension, i.e. wing or lean-to (a single story or collectively); bed, chamber, couch.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3326

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

יָצוּעַ

noun / masculine • Root יצע • Strongs / High • Page 634

1. spread out, hence a couch, a bed, either a marriage-bed or a couch to rest upon. 2. an expression in architecture, probably meaning the extended lower building or substructum.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H3326

I. יָצוּעַ noun masculine — couch, bed (poetry).

— suffix יְצוּעִי Genesis 49:4; plural construct יְצוּעֵי 1 Chronicles 5:1; suffix יְצוּעָי Job 17:13 2t (+ 1 Kings 6:5, 6, 10 Kt, see יָצִיעַ).

1. Meanings and Uses

a. Couch, bed of wedlock or concubinage

• Genesis 49:4 (Jehovist Source¹)
• 1 Chronicles 5:1

b. General usage

• Psalm 63:7
• עֶרֶשׂ יְצוּעָי Psalm 132:3
• בַּחשֶׁךְ רִמַּדְתִּי יְצוּעָי Job 17:13 (parallel אִם אֲקַיֶּה שְׁאוֺל בֵּיתִי; compare Psalm 139:8)

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II. יָצִיעַ noun masculine (1 Kings 6:10) only Qr — flat surface, only of lower projecting story of temple.

— יָצִו֯עַ 1 Kings 6:5, 10; 1 Kings 6:6 read הַצֵּלָע the side-chamber, as ᵐ5² Böttcher³ Stade⁴; see also 1 Kings 6:5; 1 Kings 6:8; Ezekiel 41:5, 6.

¹ Jehovist (Yahwist) Source.

² Septuagint.

³ F. Böttcher, Lehrbuch der hebräischen Sprache (1866-68), § 658.

⁴ B. Stade, Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (ZAW) (1883, 136).

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: στρωμνῆσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H3326b:

στρωμνῆσ 2× (24.2%)

סביב סָבִיב

circling around

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

סביב

çâbîyb

Definition

(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around

Root

or (feminine) סביבה; from H5437 (סבב);

Exhaustive

or (feminine) סביבה; from סבב; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around; (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5439

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

סָבִיב

adverb / preposition • Root סבב • Strongs / High • Page 756

Adverb or substantive used as a preposition, meaning 'round about', often preceding a noun with the preposition 'ל'.

סָבִיב

noun • Root סבב • Strongs / High • Page 1005

A circuit, a surrounding country, neighbourhood.

סָבִיב

adverb / preposition • Root סבב • Strongs / High • Page 1005

As an adverb: round about, circum, on all sides round. As a preposition with ל or עַל: about, toward all sides.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

סָבִיב

m. verbal • Root סבב • Page 467

As a subst. circuit. 1 Chr. 11: 8. Hence as an adv. round about, Gen. 23: 17; Ex. 16: 13. Also used as a prep. round about any thing, as round about the tent, Ex. 40: 33; Num. 1: 53. Plur. m. סְבִיבִים persons round about, neighbours. Jer. 48: 17, 39. Also refers to country round about, les environs.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H5439

I. סָבִיב (approximate number of occurrences: 336) substantive, used mostly as adverb and preposition — circuit, round about.

— construct סְבִיב Amos 3:11; plural construct סְבִיבֵי Jeremiah 32:44, Jeremiah 33:13, suffix סְבִיבֶיךָ etc. (10 times), much oftener סְבִיבוֹת Exodus 7:24 (22 times), סְבִיבוֹתַי, תֶיךָ-, etc., Deuteronomy 17:14, etc. (48 times):

1. In singular

a. As substantive

• 1 Chronicles 11:8 מִן־הַמִּלּוֹא וְעַד־הַסָּבִיב and to the parts round about.

b. As adverb accusative סָבִיב (in) a circuit, i.e. round about

• Genesis 23:17 בְּכָל־גְּבוּלוֹ סָבִיב
• Exodus 19:12; Exodus 25:11, 24, 25
• Leviticus 1:5, 11 (+ עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ סָבִיב)
• Judges 20:29; 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 5:11; Psalm 3:7 (+ אֲשֶׁר סָבִיב שָׁתוּ עָלָי)
• Psalm 12:9; Psalm 34:8 + often
• Sometimes doubled, for the sake of emphasis: 2 Chronicles 4:3; Ezekiel 8:10 (+ עַל הַקִּיר סָבִיב סָבִיב), Ezekiel 37:2; Ezekiel 40:5 and often in Ezekiel 40–43.

c. As preposition

• (a) Amos 3:11 צַר וּסְבִיב הָאָרֶץ distress, and that in the circuit of (= round about) the land (but read probably with ᵑ6 יְסֹבֵב will encircle).
• (b) סָבִיב לְ: Exodus 16:13; Exodus 40:33; Numbers 1:50, 53; Numbers 2:2; Judges 7:21; 1 Kings 6:5; 1 Kings 18:32, 35; Ezekiel 41:10; Ezekiel 14:16; Job 19:12; Psalm 34:8; Psalm 78:28; Psalm 125:2 (twice in verse) יהוה סָבִיב לְעַמּוֹ, Psalm 128:3; Songs 3:7; Nahum 3:8.
• (c) strangely, סָבִיב אֵת: 1 Kings 6:5 (omitted by ᵐ5), Ezekiel 43:17.

d. מִסָּבִיב (42 times), from round about, from every side

• Ezekiel 16:33, 37; Ezekiel 23:22; Ezekiel 37:21
• Usually = on every side: Jeremiah 4:17 (+ הָיוּ עָלֶיהָ מִסָּבִיב), Isaiah 42:25 (+ וַתְּלַהֲטֵהוּ מִסָּבִיב), Joel 4:11, 12.
• מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיב terror on every side!: Jeremiah 6:25; Jeremiah 20:3, 10; Jeremiah 46:5; Jeremiah 49:29; Psalm 31:14, compare Lamentations 2:22.
• Especially in the Deuteronomic phrases אוֹיְבִים מִסָּבִיב, or הֵנִיחַ מִסָּבִיב (sometimes in combination): Deuteronomy 12:10 (+ וְהֵנִיחַ לָכֶם מִכָּל־אוֹיְבֵיכֶם מִסָּבִיב), Deuteronomy 25:19; Joshua 21:42 (+ וַיָּנַח יהוה לָהֶם מִסָּבִיב), Joshua 23:1; Judges 2:14; Judges 8:34; 1 Samuel 12:11 +.
• מִסָּבִיב לְ from round about: Numbers 16:24, 27.
• On 1 Samuel 14:21; 2 Samuel 24:6; Job 10:8 see סָבַב.

2. In plural

a. סְבִיבִים

• (a) in masculine sense, those round about: Psalm 76:12 (+ כָּל־סְבִיבָיו יֹבִילוּ שַׁי), Psalm 89:8; Jeremiah 48:17, 39.
• (b) in neuter sense, the parts round about: Jeremiah 49:5 (+ מִכָּל־סְבִיבָיִךְ), Jeremiah 32:44; Jeremiah 33:13; Jeremiah 21:14 (+ וְאָכְלָה כָּל־סְבִיבֶיהָ), Jeremiah 46:14.
• With the force of a preposition: Psalm 50:3 (+ וּסְבִיבָיו נִשְׂעֲרָה מְאֹד), Psalm 97:2; Lamentations 1:17.

b. סְבִיבוֹת

• (a) as substantive: (α) circuits: Ecclesiastes 1:6 (+ וְעַל־סְבִיבֹתָיו שָׁב הָרוּחַ); (β) the parts round about: Numbers 22:4 (+ יְלַחֲכוּ הַקָּהָל אֵת כָּל־סְבִיבֹתֵינוּ), Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 50:32; with reference to their inhabitants: Psalm 44:14 (= Psalm 79:4), Ezekiel 16:57; Ezekiel 28:24; Daniel 9:16.
• (b) with the force of a preposition: Exodus 7:24 סְבִיבֹת הַיְאֹר literally (in) the circuits of the Nile = round about the Nile, Numbers 11:24, 31, 32; suffix סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶם Numbers 35:2, Judges 7:18; 1 Samuel 26:5, 7; 2 Kings 6:17 (+ סְבִיבֹת אֱלִישָׁע), Psalm 18:12; Psalm 27:6 (+ עַל אֹיְבַי סְבִיבוֹתָי), etc.
• Often idiomatic preceded by אֲשֶׁר, as Genesis 35:5 (+ הֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבוֹתֵיהֶם), Genesis 41:48; Leviticus 25:44; Numbers 16:34; Deuteronomy 6:14; Deuteronomy 13:8; Deuteronomy 17:14; Deuteronomy 21:2 +.
• In the same sense מִסְּבִיבוֹתָם Ezekiel 28:26.

¹ ᵑ6 Peshitta (Syriac version).

² ᵐ5 Septuagint (Greek version).

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: κύκλῳ κυκλόθεν περικύκλῳ '' αὐτῆσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5439:

κύκλῳ 201× (60.1%)

κυκλόθεν 70× (21.1%)

περικύκλῳ 19× (5.4%)

'' 14× (3.6%)

αὐτῆσ 9× (2.1%)

--- 4× (1.2%)

κύκλωμα 3× (0.7%)

ἐκύκλουν 2× (0.6%)

ἐκύκλωσάν 2× (0.6%)

ἐπέστρεψεν 2× (0.5%)

את אֶת־

את-self eternal

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

את

ʼêth

Definition

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

Root

apparent contracted from H226 (אות) in the demonstrative sense of entity;

Exhaustive

apparent contracted from אות in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H853

את

ʼêth

Definition

a hoe or other digging implement

Root

of uncertain derivation;

Exhaustive

of uncertain derivation; a hoe or other digging implement; coulter, plowshare.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H855

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֵת

particle • Strongs_Numbers • Page 87

Particle used as a sign of the accusative, indicating the definite object of a verb; also used reflexively, or in designations of time and place. Occasionally interchangeable with other prepositions.

אֵת

substantive • Root אות • Strongs_Numbers • Page 208

I. Proper substance, being, essence, body, self, essential. It is used as the sign of an accusative, or to give prominence to a noun as subject.

אֵת

preposition • Root אנה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 208

II. With; expressing fellowship or accompaniment. Properly side, support, lean upon.

אֵת

noun masculine • Root אתה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 209

Mattock, coulter of a plough, hoe, prop. anything cutting into.

אֵת

noun masculine • Root אתה • Strongs_Numbers • Page 209

Equivalent to אֵת III., of which it is merely a collateral form.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אוֹת or אֶת

sign of accusative case • Page 35

A sign of the accusative case.

אֶת

com. gen. chald. • Page 81

Equivalent to the Hebrew אוֹת (sign, miracle). Synonymous with תְּמַהּ. References: Dan. 3: 32, 33; 6: 28.

אַתְּ

pronoun • Page 81

Thou (masc.). Equivalent to אַתָּה. Note: Judg. 17: 2; 1 K. 14: 2.

אַתְּ

pronoun • Page 81

Thou (fem.). In pause אָתְּ. Found in Judg. 17: 2; 1 K. 14: 2. Also sometimes appears as a masculine form (Num. 11: 15; Ezek. 28: 14).

אֵת

ii. particle • Page 81

A primitive particle and sign of the accusative case (with Makk. -אֶת; with suffixes אֹתִי, אֹתָנוּ, etc.). Often denotes the definite direct object but can appear in circumstances where other languages employ the nominative (with passive verbs, neuter verbs, or before a nominative subject). References: Gen. 17: 5; Ex. 10: 8; 1 Sam. 17: 34.

אֵת

preposition • Page 82

1. with, together with (Gen. 4:1); 2. with, near by (Gen. 39:6); 3. in or on a place (1 Sam. 7:16); 4. besides (1 K. 11:25); 5. towards, erga (Ruth 2:20, 2 Sam. 16:17).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H853

I. אֵת — the mark of the accusative, prefixed as a rule only to nouns that are definite (Moabite idem, Phoenician אית i.e. אִיַּת (Schröd p. 213 f.); Aramaic יָת frequently in Targum Onkelos; Syriac very rare as mark of accusative (for which is preferred), but used often in the sense of substance οὐσία, also in that of self, e.g. ܐܠܗܐ per se, reapse, ܐܠܗܐ sibi ipsi, PS 1640f., Samaritan ܢܡ; Arabic لله, only used with suffix, when it is desired to emphasize the pronoun, e.g. Qor 1:4 W AG i. § 189. [Ethiopic uses ܐܠܗܐ k£y¹ similarly, Di § 150 a; but it is dubious if this is etymologically akin.] The primitive form will have been ʾiwyaṯ, originally a substantive with following Genitive, Ol p. 432; whether ultimately a parallel development with אוּת sign from √ אוָה is uncertain: Ol W AG i. § 188 Lag M i. 226 affirm, Nö ZMG 1886, 738 doubts. In Hebrew the ground-form is אוּת; the forms with אֵת, אֶת being abbreviated. In post-Biblical Hebrew, used in combination with another preposition: thus בְּאוּתוֹ הַיּוֹם = Biblical Hebrew בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא, בְּאוּתָהּ הַשָּׁעָה; or as a nomin., e.g. אוּתוֹ הָאִישׁ = Biblical Hebrew הָאִישׁ הַהוּא).

Cognates:

• Moabite idem
• Phoenician אית i.e. אִיַּת (Schröd p. 213 f.)
• Aramaic יָת frequently in Targum Onkelos
• Syriac very rare as mark of accusative (for which is preferred), but used often in the sense of substance οὐσία, also in that of self, e.g. ܐܠܗܐ per se, reapse, ܐܠܗܐ sibi ipsi, PS 1640f.
• Samaritan ܢܡ
• Arabic لله, only used with suffix, when it is desired to emphasize the pronoun, e.g. Qor 1:4 W AG i. § 189
• Ethiopic uses ܐܠܗܐ k£y¹ similarly, Di § 150 a; but it is dubious if this is etymologically akin

1. As mark of the accusative prefixed to substantives defined either by the article (or כָּל), or by a Genitive or pronominal affix, or in virtue of being proper names

• a. With transitive verbs:
  • Genesis 1:1, 16, 29, 30; Genesis 2:11; Genesis 4:1, 2; Genesis 9:3 (אֶת־כָּל) etc.
  • Similarly אֶת־מִי whom (in particular), Joshua 24:15; 1 Samuel 12:3; 1 Samuel 28:11; Isaiah 6:8 and elsewhere (but never אֶת־מָה); also with זֶה Genesis 29:33; Genesis 44:29; 1 Samuel 21:16; 1 Kings 22:27 +, זֹאת Genesis 29:27; 2 Samuel 13:27 +, אַחֲלֶה Genesis 46:18; Leviticus 11:18; Isaiah 49:21 +.
  • So pretty uniformly in prose; but in poetry אֵת is commonly dispensed with.
  • By the use of אֵת with the pronominal affix, a pronoun can at once, if required, be placed in a position of emphasis; let the order of words from this point of view be carefully noticed in the following passages: Genesis 7:1; Genesis 24:14; Genesis 37:4; Leviticus 10:17; Leviticus 11:33; Numbers 22:32 thee I had slain, and her I had kept alive, Deuteronomy 4:14; Deuteronomy 6:13, 23; Deuteronomy 13:5; Judges 14:3 אוּתָהּ קַח־לִי take for me her, 1 Samuel 14:35; 1 Samuel 15:1; 1 Samuel 18:17; 1 Samuel 21:10 אִם־אֶת־הָהִיא תִּקַּח־לְךָ קַח if thou wilt take that, take it, 1 Kings 1:35; 1 Kings 14:9; Isaiah 43:22; Isaiah 57:11; Jeremiah 9:2.
  • So הָאוּתִי Jeremiah 5:22; Jeremiah 7:19.
  • It also sometimes enables the reflexive sense to be expressed (elsewhere נַפְשָׁם) Jeremiah 7:19; Ezekiel 34:2.
  • Rarely with a substantive which is undefined (Ew § 277 d 2 Ges § 117, 1, R. 2), as Exodus 21:28; Numbers 21:9; Leviticus 20:14; 1 Samuel 24:6 (but see Dr) 2 Samuel 4:11; 2 Samuel 18:18; 2 Samuel 23:21; or which, though definite, is without the article, Genesis 21:30; 2 Samuel 15:16; Leviticus 26:5; 1 Samuel 9:3 (so Numbers 16:15) Isaiah 33:19; Isaiah 41:7; Ezekiel 43:10 (for further examples see Ew 1.c.).
• b. With a passive verb (Ges § 121. 1 Ew § 295 b) conceived as expressing neutrally the action in question, and construed accordingly with an accusative of that which is its real object: examples occur with tolerable frequency from Genesis 4:18 (J) וַיִּוָּלֵד לַחֲנוֹךְ אֶת־עִירָד, Genesis 17:5 (P), לֹא יִקָּרֵא עוֹד אֶת־שִׁמְךָ אַבְרָם there shall not be called (=one shall not call) thy name Abram, Genesis 21:5 (E), Genesis 27:42; 2 Samuel 21:11; 1 Kings 18:13; Hosea 10:6 etc., to Jeremiah 35:18; Jeremiah 38:4; Jeremiah 50:20; Ezekiel 16:4, 5; Esther 2:13 (compare Dr JPh xi. 227 f.): also with passive verbs of filling (Ew § 281 b), as Exodus 1:7 +.
• c. With neuter verbs or expressions, especially such as involve the idea of regarding, or treating, appy. by a construction κατά σύνεσιν (rare): Joshua 22:17; 2 Samuel 11:25; Nehemiah 9:32 (compare 1 Samuel 20:13 Dr). Once after אֵין, Haggai 2:17; אֵין אֶתְכֶם אֲלֵי.
• d. Poet. (si vera lectio), after an abstract noun used with a verbal force: Habakkuk 3:13 (Amos 4:11; Isaiah 13:19; Jeremiah 50:40 מַהֲפֵּכָה exerts a verbal force, like the Arabic nom. verbi [see W AG i. § 196, 43]; and Numbers 10:2; Ezekiel 17:9 לְמַסַּע, לְמַשְׁאוֹת are Aramaizing infinitives: compare Ew § 239 a).

2. אֵת marks an accusative in other relations than that of direct object to a verb

• a. With verbs of motion (very rare): Numbers 13:17; Deuteronomy 1:19; Deuteronomy 2:7 (to 'walk the wilderness'); denoting the goal Judges 19:18; Ezekiel 21:25 (Ew § 281 d, n., 282 a 1).
• b. Denoting time (duration), also very rare: Exodus 13:7; Leviticus 25:22; Deuteronomy 9:25.
• c. Expressing the accus. of limitation (rare): Genesis 17:11, 14; 1 Kings 15:23.

3. Chiefly in an inferior or later style, אֵת (or וְאֵת) is used irregularly, partly (α), as it would seem, to give greater definiteness (so especially וְאֵת) at the mention of a new subject (when it may sometimes be rendered as regards), or through the influence of a neighbouring verb (a construct κατά σύνεσιν), or by an anacoluthon, partly (β) as resuming loosely some other preposition

• Thus (α): Exodus 1:14; Numbers 3:26, 46; Numbers 5:10 (with הָיָה: so Ezekiel 35:10) Numbers 18:21 b Deuteronomy 11:2 (anacoluthon), Deuteronomy 14:13; Joshua 17:11; Judges 20:44, 46 (contr. Judges 20:25; Judges 20:35) 1 Samuel 17:34 (see Dr) 1 Samuel 26:16; 2 Samuel 21:22; 2 Kings 6:5; Isaiah 53:8 (probably), Isaiah 57:12; Jeremiah 23:33 (but read rather with LXX Targum אֶתֶּם הַמַּשָּׂא) Jeremiah 27:8; Jeremiah 36:22; Jeremiah 38:16 Kt, Jeremiah 45:4 b Ezekiel 16:22; Ezekiel 17:21; Ezekiel 20:16; Ezekiel 29:4; b Ezekiel 43:7 (LXX Co prefix הָרְאִיתָ) Ezekiel 44:3; Zechariah 8:17; Ecclesiastes 4:3; Daniel 9:13; Nehemiah 9:19, 34; 1 Chronicles 2:9; 2 Chronicles 31:17.
• In 1 Samuel 30:23; Haggai 2:5 probably some such word as remember is to be understood.
• (β): Jeremiah 38:9; Ezekiel 14:22; b Ezekiel 37:19 b Zechariah 12:10; סָבִיב אֵת 1 Kings 6:5; Ezekiel 43:17 strangely (in 1 Kings LXX omits the clause: so Sta ZAW 1883, 135).
• — In 1 Kings 11:1 וְ is merely and also, and especially (see וְ); 1 Kings 11:25 is corrupt (read with LXX זֹאת הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה הֲדַד); Ezekiel 47:17, 18, 19 read similarly for וְאֵת, זֹאת: see Ezekiel 47:20.

— For some particulars as to the use of אֵת, see A. M. Wilson Hebraica. vi. 139 ff. 212 ff. (who, however, confuses it sometimes with II. אֵת). For denoting the pronominal object of a verb, אֵת with suffix preponderates relatively much above the verbal affix in P, as compared with J E Deuteronomy Judges Samuel Kings (see Gie ZAW 1881, 258 f.), — partly, probably, on account of the greater distinctness and precision which P loves.

יָת mark of accusative (= Biblical Hebrew I. אֵת; Palmyrene ית; Zinjirli Had. 28 with suffix ותה; Nabataean, Palmyrene with suffix יתו (Lzb 263 Cooke 170; compare RÉS 468); Targum Onkelos Samaritan יָת; Syriac ܒܪ (rare)); — Daniel 3:12 דִּי מְנִיּתָ יָתְהוֹן whom thou hast appointed.

¹ Schröd: Paul Schröder, Die phönizische Sprache, Halle, 1869.

² Lag: Paul de Lagarde, works on Semitic languages.

³ Nö: Theodor Nöldeke, Orientalische Skizzen, Berlin, 1892.

⁴ Ol: Julius Olshausen, Lehrbuch der hebräischen Sprache, Braunschweig, 1861.

⁵ W AG: Wilhelm Gesenius, Thesaurus Linguae Hebraeae, ed. by E. Rödiger, Leipzig, 1835-1858.

⁶ Di: August Dillmann, Ethiopic Grammar, Leipzig, 1857.

⁷ Targ: Targum.

⁸ PS: Payne Smith, Syriac Dictionary.

⁹ Qor: Quran.

¹⁰ Ew: Heinrich Ewald, Ausführliches Lehrbuch der hebräischen Sprache, Göttingen, 1870.

¹¹ Ges: Wilhelm Gesenius, Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley, 2nd English ed., Oxford, 1910 (GKC).

¹² Dr: Samuel Rolles Driver, works on Hebrew.

¹³ JPh: Journal of Philology.

¹⁴ LXX: Septuagint.

¹⁵ Targum: Targum.

¹⁶ Sta: Bernhard Stade, Geschichte des Volkes Israel, Berlin, 1887.

¹⁷ ZAW: Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft.

¹⁸ Gie: Friedrich Giesebrecht, works on Hebrew.

¹⁹ Lzb: Mark Lidzbarski, Handbuch der nordsemitischen Epigraphik, Weimar, 1898.

²⁰ Cooke: George Albert Cooke, North-Semitic Inscriptions, Oxford, 1903.

²¹ RÉS: Revue des Études Sémitiques.

H855

III. [אֵת] noun [masculine] a cutting instrument of iron usually translated as ploughshare.

— singular suffix אֵתוֹ 1 Samuel 13:20; plural אֵתִּים 1 Samuel 13:21, אִתִּים Isaiah 2:4 = Micah 4:3; suffix אִתֵּיכֶם Joel 4:10; according to Klo¹ and others also 2 Kings 6:5 אֵת הַבַּרְזֶל, that is, the axe of iron.

¹ A. Klostermann.

Direct object eternal self

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קירות קִירוֹת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

קיר

qîyr

Definition

a wall (as built in a trench)

Root

or קר; (Isaiah 22:5), or (feminine) קירה; from H6979 (קור);

Exhaustive

or קר; (Isaiah 22:5), or (feminine) קירה; from קור; a wall (as built in a trench); [phrase] mason, side, town, [idiom] very, wall.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H7023

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

קִיר

pih. verb • Root קור • Strongs / High • Page 1271

(Pih. usage) 1. prop. to break or stick through; hence to lay in ruins, to break down, to destroy. 2. to deepen out, to make deep.

קִיר

word entry • Root קור • Strongs / High • Page 1272

farther (pl. קִירִים), and perhaps the denom. קִירָה and הַקּוּרָה.

קִיר

noun masculine • Root קיר קיר • Strongs / High • Page 1276

1. Depth of walls. 2. A thing which embraces or encloses; hence a wall (about a city, of a house, etc.). Also refers generally to a city (like קִיר מוֹאָב, a Moabite city).

קִיר

noun proper / noun masculine • Root קיר • Strongs / High • Page 1277

1. Proper noun of a town in Moab (Is. 15, 1, 22, 36), possibly meaning 'tower' or 'fortress'. 3. Proper noun of an Assyrian province, the district lying on the river Kur. 4. (pl. קִירוֹת) beams, beams of the roof and floor.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

קִיר

m. gen. • Page 587

1. a wall (1 K. 6: 5, Lev. 1: 15). 2. a city, hence as a proper name (Is. 15: 1). 3. name of a people and country under the dominion of the Assyrians (Is. 22: 6, 2 K. 16: 9).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H7023

I. קִיר (approximate number of occurrences: 74) noun masculine^{Psalm 62:4} — wall (√ unknown).

— קִיר absolute Numbers 22:25 +, קִר Isaiah 22:5; construct קִיר 1 Kings 6:5 +; plural קִירוֺת 1 Kings 6:16 +, construct id., 1 Kings 6:5 +; suffix קִירֹתָיו Exodus 30:3 +, etc. — wall, especially as flat surface:

1. Usually of house or chamber

a. Inner surface

• Amos 5:19
• 1 Samuel 18:11 (9 times)
• (of temple) 1 Kings 6:15 a, 15 b (but read קוֺרוֺת beams, with ¹ᵐ5 The Kit Benz)
• 1 Kings 6:16; 1 Kings 6:27 (6 times)

b. Outer surface

• 2 Kings 9:33
• Ezekiel 33:30
• Isaiah 59:10 (in simile)
• זֶרֶם קִיר Isaiah 25:4 (but Lo Kn Gr Di Du Che and others read קֹר; JP Peters² proposes בָּדָד [as Isaiah 28:2])
• (of temple) 1 Kings 6:5 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 6:6
• Ezekiel 41:6 (twice in verse)

c. Both inner and outer

• Ezekiel 41:17; Ezekiel 41:20; Ezekiel 41:25

d. Indeterminate

• Ezekiel 12:5, 7, 12
• Ezekiel 23:14

e. Thickness specified

• Ezekiel 41:5, 9, 12, 13 (of Ezekiel's temple)

f. As enclosing or separating

• 2 Kings 4:10 (of עֲלִיָּה)
• Ezekiel 43:8

2. Wall of court, vineyard, or city

• (of temple-court) Ezekiel 8:7, 8 (twice in verse) (in vision)
• (of vineyard) Numbers 22:25 (twice in verse) (Jehovist Source)
• (of city) Numbers 35:4 (Priestly Code)
• ק׳ הַחוֹמָה Joshua 2:15 (Jehovist/Elohist Source) the (inner) surface of the wall

3. General and figurative uses

• 1 Kings 5:13
• (in phrase מַשְׁתִּין בְּקִיר) 1 Samuel 25:22, 34; 1 Kings 14:10; 1 Kings 16:11; 1 Kings 21:21; 2 Kings 9:8
• figurative Ezekiel 13:12, 14 (apparently feminine, but city Jerusalem probably in mind, compare Albr³ Kö⁴), Ezekiel 13:15
• ("" חַיִץ Ezekiel 13:10)
• ק׳ נָטוּי Psalm 62:4
• אֶבֶן קִיר 2 Samuel 5:11 = 1 Chronicles 14:1, compare Habakkuk 2:11 (figurative)
• קִיר בַּרְזֶל Ezekiel 4:3 (symbolic)

— Isaiah 22:5 is dubious: usually wall (so even Du Che Marti), but reference not clear; Ew Che Klo Brd Wkl קוֺע, so WMM, but see Dr.

4. Of flat side of altar

• Ezekiel 41:22
• Exodus 30:3; Exodus 37:26; Leviticus 1:15; Leviticus 5:9 (all Priestly Code)

5. Walls of heart

• קִירוֹת לִבִּי Jeremiah 4:19 walls of my heart (as seat of pain).

¹ ᵐ5 Septuagint; The = O. Thenius; Kit = R. Kittel; Benz = I. Benzinger.

² J. P. Peters, Journal of Biblical Literature xi (1892), 46.

³ K. Albrecht, Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft xvi (1896), 85.

⁴ E. König, Historisch-Kritisches Lehrgebäude der hebräischen Sprache (1881-1897).

Noun common feminine plural construct

LXX: τοῖχον τοίχου --- '' τοίχουσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H7023:

τοῖχον 23× (29.5%)

τοίχου 10× (12.5%)

--- 6× (9.1%)

'' 5× (6.5%)

τοίχουσ 5× (6.2%)

τοίχων 4× (4.9%)

τοῖχοσ 2× (2.6%)

τοίχῳ 2× (2.4%)

τοίχοισ 2× (2.1%)

τοῖχοι 2× (2.1%)

הבית הַבַּיִת

the House

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

בית

bayith

Definition

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

Root

probably from H1129 (בנה) abbreviated;

Exhaustive

probably from בנה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1004

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

בִּית

verb • Root בית • Consonantal / Medium • Page 230

To pass the night.

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּיִת

noun masculine • Root בות • Consonantal / Medium • Page 237

house in the widest sense, consequently also tent, hut, tower, palace, temple

Matched via consonantal key only

בַּיִת

noun masculine (aramaic) • Consonantal / Medium • Page 239

The same [as Hebrew 'house']; king's house; temple; treasury; banquet-house.

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

בַּּיִת

noun • Page 97

A city of Moab, Is. 15:2. Elsewhere written more in full as בֵּית בַּעַל מְעוֹן.

בַּיִת

noun masculine • Root בות • Page 96

1. House, dwelling (Gen. 15:3, Ecc. 2:7). 2. Tent (Gen. 33:17, 2 K. 23:7). 3. Palace, temple (Gen. 12:15, 1 Sam. 5:2, 1 K. 4:6, Is. 14:18). 4. Applied to part of a house or palace, e.g., banqueting-hall (Est. 7:8) or harem (Est. 2:3). 5. Repository, place, or container of any thing, e.g., smelling bottles (Is. 3:20), places for staves (Ex. 26:29), spider's web (Job 8:14), trench (1 K. 18:32), or tomb (Neh. 2:3). 6. The inner part, within (Ex. 28:26, Gen. 6:14). 7. Figuratively: family, kindred, tribe, people (Ex. 12:4, Gen. 7:1, Hos. 8:1). 8. Particularly posterity (Ruth 4:11, 2 Sam. 7:27). 9. Strictly one's father's house (Gen. 24:23, 46:31, Num. 1:2).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H1004

I. בַּיִת (approximate number of occurrences: 2034) noun masculine Deuteronomy 8:12 — house.

Cognates:

• Phoenician בית
• MI בית
• Suffix ביתיה
• Arabic الحمد
• Aramaic בַּיְתָא
• Assyrian bītu
• COT Gloss
• Sabean בית, בת
• Fortress DHM ZMG 1883, 387
• Temple Hal 257 DHM ZMG 1876, 697
• Ethiopic ብር Palmyrene in בית עלמא, בית מקברתא sepulchre Vog 32, 64 and others

Etymology dubious; Thes √ בות, Aramaic בּוּת,ܠܐ spend the night, Arabic باب Ethiopic አርትስ but this perhaps denominative, & בית from √ לרץ with ת afform. compare Sta §187 a

— בַּיִת absolute Exodus 12:30 +; בָּיִת Genesis 33:17 +; בַּיִתָה (ָה locative) Psalm 68:7 +; construct בֵּית Genesis 12:15 +; suffix בֵּיתִי Genesis 15:2 +; בֵּיתְךָ Genesis 7:1 +, etc.; הַבַּיִתָה, בַּיִתָה (in) to the house, homeward, Genesis 19:10; Psalm 68:7 +; also בֵּיתָה (in) to the house of ...; plural בָּתִּים Exodus 1:21 + (i.e. battîm, see Nöldeke in Mei Archaeology i. 456 f., compare Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar §96); construct בָּתֵּי Exodus 8:17 +; suffix בָּתֶּיךָ Exodus 10:6; בָּתֵּיו 1 Chronicles 28:11; בָּתֵּינוּ Exodus 12:27 +; בָּתֵּיכֶם Genesis 42:19; בָּתֵּיהֶם Numbers 16:32 +; ( בָּתֵּימוֹ Psalm 49:12), etc.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. House as dwelling habitation

• Genesis 19:2, 3, 4, 11
• Genesis 27:15
• Genesis 33:17 (object of בָּנָה)
• Exodus 12:7 + often
• מִשְׁבַּת בָּתִּים Leviticus 25:29 (compare בַּיִת לְשִׁבְתִּיִם 2 Samuel 7:5)
• Deuteronomy 6:9
• Deuteronomy 11:20
• Joshua 2:15
• Judges 16:26 f.
• Supported by pillars 2 Samuel 11:12 etc.
• See especially temple and king's house in Jerusalem 1 Kings 5-7 etc.
• Compare Song of Solomon 1:7
• Jeremiah 22:14
• Of Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40 f.
• בָּתֵּי סְפוּנִים of luxurious houses Haggai 1:4
• בָּנָה בָּתִּים טוֹבִים Deuteronomy 8:12
• בָּנָה בַּיִת חָדָשׁ Deuteronomy 20:5
• Compare Deuteronomy 22:8
• Also with בָּנָה Deuteronomy 28:30 + often
• Particularly in J occasionally of tent Genesis 27:15
• Compare Genesis 33:17 (with בָּנָה; here of nomad's hut)
• Usually of solid materials, with doorposts, etc. Exodus 12:7
• Walls Leviticus 14:37, 39, of stones, timber & mortar Leviticus 14:45 (compare Leviticus 14:40; 42; 43)
• So also Joshua 2:15
• With roof on which one could walk 2 Samuel 11:12 etc.
• Of cedar בֵּית אֲרָזִים 2 Samuel 7:2, 7 = 1 Chronicles 17:1 ( בֵּית הָא 1 Chronicles 17:6)
• בֵּית הַשֶּׁנִי 1 Kings 22:39 compare Amos 3:15
• בֵּית יַעַר הַלְּבָנוֹן 1 Kings 7:2
• 2 Chronicles 9:20
• בֵּית הַיַּעַר Isaiah 22:8
• Before word of quality or characteristic, בֵּית אֵבֶל Ecclesiastes 7:2 "" בֵּית מִשְׁתֶּה Ecclesiastes 7:4 "" בֵּית שִׂמְחָה
• בֵּית מַרְזֵחַ Jeremiah 16:5
• בֵּית מִשְׁתֶּה Jeremiah 16:8
• בֵּית חֲמֻדֹּתִי Ezekiel 26:12
• בֵּית תַּעֲנוּגֵי הָהָּ Micah 2:9
• Compare בֵּית מְרִי rebellious house below 5 d below

b. House as shelter or abode of animals

• 1 Samuel 6:7, 10 compare Exodus 9:19
• בֵּית עַכָּבִישׁ spider's web Job 8:14 (compare בָּנָה כָּעָשׁ בֵּיתוֹ Job 27:18)
• צִמְּרוֹר מָצָא הָה בֵּיתוֹ Psalm 84:4 ("" קֵן)
• חֲסִידָה בְּרוֹשִׁים בֵּיתָה Psalm 104:17 (compare "" & Cheyne)
• Proverbs 30:26 (of the שְׁפַנִּים 'conies')

c. Figurative of human bodies

• בָּתֵּי חֹמֶר houses of clay Job 4:19, compare in phrase שֹׁמְרֵי הַבַּיִת keepers of the house, i.e. the arms Ecclesiastes 12:3
• See further בֵּית מְגוּרִי Psalm 119:54

d. Of Sheol

• שְׁאוֹל בֵּיתִי Job 17:13, compare בֵּית מוֹעֵד לְכָל חָי Job 30:23 ("" מָוֶת)
• בֵּית עוֹלָם Ecclesiastes 12:5 (perhaps = tomb, see Delitzsch)

e. Of abode of light & darkness

• Job 38:20

f. Of land of Ephraim as Yahweh's house

• Hosea 8:1
• Hosea 9:15 (compare בֵּית אָרֶץ יִשְׂרָאֵל Hosea 9:3)

g. Place

• Of Jerusalem בֵּית קִבְרוֹת אֲבֹתִי Nehemiah 2:3 ("" עִיר Nehemiah 2:5), compare also proper name compounded with בֵּית, below, & בֵּית מַמְלָכָה Amos 7:13 (predicate of Bethel)
• בֵּית נְתִיבוֹת Proverbs 8:2 i.e. where paths meet RV
• אֲבָנִים בֵּית Job 8:17
• On both these see בֵּית below [בַּיִן] p. 108

h. Receptacle

• תְּעָלָה כְּבֵּית שְׁנֵי סְאִים a trench like a receptacle of two seahs 1 Kings 18:32
• בָּתֵּי נֵפֶשׁ vials of perfume Isaiah 3:20
• Especially בָּתִּים לְבַדִּים holders for the staves, i.e. rings, טַבָּעַת ib.; so Exodus 25:27; Exodus 37:14, 27; Exodus 38:5; compare בָּתִּים לְבַרִּיחִים Exodus 26:29; Exodus 36:34 holders for the bars (all P, & all explained by טַבָּעַת)
• בֵּית לָהָה סָבִיב its [construct as Psalm 58:5] house (= enclosing cage) was round about (strike out B Hi Co) Ezekiel 1:27

i. House as containing a family, hence household, family

• יְלִידֵי בֵּיתוֹ Genesis 14:14
• Compare Genesis 17:12 (opposed to מִקְנַת כַּסְפֶּךָ) Genesis 17:13 (all "" id.) figurative of Israel Jeremiah 2:14 ("" עֶבֶד)
• Compare בֶּן בֵּיתִי Genesis 15:3
• בְּנֵי בַּיִת הָיָה לִי Ecclesiastes 2:7 (as token of wealth & prosperity)
• Of one's sister מוֹלֶדֶת בַּיִת Leviticus 18:19 ("" חוּץ בָּמָה compare below)
• אֲנָשִׁים בֵּיתוֹ Genesis 17:27
• בְּנֵי בַּיִת Genesis 36:6
• כָּל נֶפֶשׁ לְבֵית יַעֲקֹב Genesis 46:27

j. Household, family (592 times)

• Ordinary sense, those belonging to the same household Genesis 7:1
• Genesis 12:1, 17 +, Deuteronomy 6:22
• Deuteronomy 11:6 +
• Hexateuch mostly J D
• E Genesis 35:2
• Genesis 42:33
• Genesis 50:22 compare Exodus 1:21 below
• P Genesis 36:6
• Exodus 1:1
• Exodus 12:4
• Leviticus 16:6, 11, 17
• Numbers 16:32
• Numbers 18:31
• Joshua 22:15
• Even where expressly said to inhabit tents Numbers 16:32
• Deuteronomy 11:6 אֶת בָּתֵּיהֶם וְאֶת אֲהָלֵיהֶם
• Specifically בֶּן זָקֵן בָּתִּי Genesis 24:2
• Compare Genesis 50:7 (of rank & dignity in household)
• Of a family of handicraftsmen מִשְׁפְּחוֹת בֵּית עֲבֹדַת הַבּוּץ 1 Chronicles 4:21 (see בּוּץ)
• Also, with figurative of house clearly in mind בְּמִשְׁקָלַת בָּתִּי 2 Kings 21:13
• בֵּית מִשְׁפָּתַי 2 Samuel 7:27
• Compare especially with proper name, e.g. בֵּית שָׁאוּל 2 Samuel 3:1 (twice in verse)
• 2 Samuel 3:6 (twice in verse)
• 2 Samuel 3:8, 10
• 2 Samuel 9:1, 2, 3, 9
• 2 Samuel 16:5 ( בֵּית שָׁאוּל בְּמִשְׁפָּחַת בָּתִּי )
• 2 Samuel 16:8
• 2 Samuel 19:18 (compare 2 Samuel 21:1 where read וְאֵל בֵּית דָּמִים so We Dr)
• 1 Chronicles 12:29
• בֵּית דָּוִד 2 Samuel 3:1, 6
• 2 Samuel 7:26 = 1 Chronicles 17:24 (compare context in both)
• 1 Kings 12:19 2 Chronicles 10:19, 20
• 2 Chronicles 10:26
• 2 Kings 17:21
• Isaiah 7:2, 13
• Jeremiah 21:12
• Zechariah 12:7, 8, 10, 12 ( בֵּית דָּוִד בְּמִשְׁפָּחַת בָּתִּי )
• Psalm 122:5
• יַרְבְּעָם בָּתִּי 1 Kings 13:34
• 1 Kings 14:10 (twice in verse)
• 1 Kings 14:13, 14
• 1 Kings 15:29
• 1 Kings 16:3
• 1 Kings 21:22
• 2 Kings 9:9
• 2 Kings 10:10, 11
• 2 Kings 21:13
• Micah 6:16
• 2 Chronicles 21:6
• 2 Chronicles 21:13
• 2 Chronicles 22:3
• 2 Chronicles 22:4
• 2 Chronicles 22:7
• 2 Chronicles 22:8
• Etc.

k. Especially of Hebrew people & subdivisions

• בֵּית יִשְׂחָק Amos 7:16
• עָשָׂו בָּתִּי Obadiah 1:18 (twice in verse)
• בֵּית יַעֲקֹב Genesis 46:27 (P) Exodus 19:3 (E) Amos 3:13
• Amos 9:8
• Micah 2:7
• Obadiah 1:17, 18
• Isaiah 8:17
• Isaiah 10:20
• Isaiah 14:1
• Isaiah 29:22
• Isaiah 46:3
• Isaiah 48:1
• Isaiah 58:1
• Jeremiah 2:4, 26 17 times Jeremiah
• Ezekiel 3:1, 4, 5, 7 (twice in verse) 75 times Ezekiel
• Also בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהוָה Ezekiel 9:9 + Ezekiel 25:8 Co
• יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּזֶרַע בָּתִּי Jeremiah 23:8
• Ezekiel 44:22 (Co strike out בֵּית)
• שְׁנֵי בָּתֵּי יִשְׂרָאֵל Isaiah 8:14
• בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּזֶרַע בָּתִּי Ezekiel 20:5 (strike out Co)
• Most frequently בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל (Vrss & variant reading sometimes בֶּן see בֶּן) Hexateuch Exodus 16:31
• Exodus 40:38
• Leviticus 10:6
• Numbers 20:29 (all P)
• Leviticus 17:3, 8, 10
• Leviticus 22:18 (H)
• Joshua 21:43 (D)
• 1 Samuel 7:2 8 times Samuel Kings
• Hosea 1:4, 6
• Hosea 5:1
• Hosea 6:10
• Hosea 12:1
• 7 times Amos
• Micah 1:5
• Micah 3:1, 9
• Isaiah 5:7
• Isaiah 14:2
• Also Isaiah 46:3
• Isaiah 63:7
• Zechariah 8:13
• But especially Jeremiah 2:4, 26 17 times Jeremiah
• Ezekiel 3:1, 4, 5, 7 (twice in verse) 75 times Ezekiel
• Also בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל וִיהוָה Ezekiel 9:9 + Ezekiel 25:8 Co
• בֵּית מְרִי rebellious house (of Israel) Ezekiel 2:5, 6
• Ezekiel 3:9, 26, 27
• Ezekiel 12:2, 3
• & הַמְּרִי בָּתִּי Ezekiel 2:8
• Ezekiel 12:2, 9, 25
• Ezekiel 17:12
• Ezekiel 24:3 [+ Ezekiel 44:6 Co]
• בֵּית יְהוּדָה 2 Samuel 2:4, 7, 10, 11
• 1 Kings 12:21 2 Chronicles 11:1
• 2 Kings 19:30 = Isaiah 37:31
• Isaiah 22:21
• Hosea 1:7
• Hosea 5:12, 14
• Zephaniah 2:7
• Zechariah 8:13, 15, 19
• Zechariah 10:3, 6
• Zechariah 12:4
• & especially Jeremiah 3:18 9 times Jeremiah
• Ezekiel 4:6 4 times Ezekiel + Ezekiel 9:9 above
• Also יְהוּדָה וּבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּתִּי 1 Kings 12:23
• מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה בָּתִּי Jeremiah 21:11
• Jeremiah 22:6
• יֹסֵף בָּתִּי Genesis 50:8
• Joshua 17:17
• Joshua 18:5 (all J E)
• Judges 1:22, 23, 35
• 2 Samuel 19:21
• 1 Kings 11:28
• Amos 5:6
• Obadiah 1:18
• Zechariah 10:6
• אֶפְרַיִם בָּתִּי Judges 10:9
• בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל בָּתִּי 2 Samuel 3:19 compare 1 Kings 12:23 above
• לֵוִי בָּתִּי Exodus 2:1 (E) Numbers 17:23 (P) Zechariah 12:13 ( בֵּית לֵוִי בְּמִשְׁפָּחַת בָּתִּי )
• Psalm 135:20
• אַהֲרֹן בָּתִּי Psalm 115:10
• Psalm 115:12
• Psalm 118:3
• Psalm 135:19

l. Technically, yet with some looseness of usage, בֵּית אָב father's house, of family or clan, plural בָּתֵּי אָבוֹת father-houses, families (e.g. Numbers 1:2) (79 times; only P & Chronicles)

• Exodus 6:14
• Exodus 12:3
• Numbers 1:2, 4, 18 41 times Numbers
• Joshua 22:14 (twice in verse)
• 1 Chronicles 4:38
• 1 Chronicles 5:13 25 times Chronicles
• Ezra 2:59
• Ezra 10:16
• Nehemiah 7:61
• Nehemiah 10:35
• = tribe Numbers 17:17 (twice in verse)
• Numbers 17:18
• Numbers 17:21
• = main division of tribe Numbers 3:20, 24 +, compare Numbers 34:14 (twice in verse) etc.
• Further sub-division Exodus 12:3
• 1 Chronicles 7:2, 7 +
• Compare especially 1 Chronicles 23:11 Jeush and Beriah had not many sons, therefore they became לְבֵית אָב לְפִקֻּדָּה אַחַת (compare רָאשֵׁי אָבוֹת, below אָב)

m. House, including household affairs, persons, property, etc.

• וַיִּפְקְדֵהוּ עַל בֵּיתוֹ Genesis 39:4 compare Genesis 39:5
• אֲשֶׁר עַל בֵּיתוֹ Genesis 44:1, 4
• Hence אִישׁ עַל הַבַּיִת as title of governor of the palace (Ewald H iii. 269) Isaiah 22:15
• Isaiah 36:3 compare 1 Kings 4:6
• 2 Kings 15:5
• In Israel 1 Kings 16:9
• 1 Kings 18:3
• 2 Kings 10:5
• Further 2 Samuel 17:23
• 2 Kings 20:1 = Isaiah 38:1
• Hence of personal property 1 Kings 13:8 אִם תִּתֶּן לִי אֶת חֲצִי בֵּיתֶךָ
• Family and property (everything on which one depends) Job 8:15

n. בַּיִתָה, בָּיְתָה, literally housewards, hence metaphor inwards

• Exodus 28:26 = Exodus 39:19 (that is, of the ephod)
• 1 Kings 7:25 2 Chronicles 4:4 (that is, of the circle of oxen supporting the molten sea)
• 2 Samuel 5:9 מִן הַמִּלּוֹא וָבָיְתָה from the Millo and inward
• Ezekiel 44:17

o. מִבַּיִת a. adverb on the inside (of a building, chest, etc.: opposed to מִחוּץ)

• Genesis 6:14
• Exodus 25:11 = Exodus 37:2
• Leviticus 14:41
• 1 Kings 6:15, 16
• 2 Kings 6:30 (of a person's clothes)
• Ezekiel 7:15
• So with ה locative מִבַּיִתָה 1 Kings 6:15

p. מִבַּיִת לְ (construct Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar §130, 1 n.) preposition within (opposed to מִחוּץ לְ)

• מִבַּיִת לַמִּשְׁכָּן within the veil Exodus 26:33
• Leviticus 16:2, 12
• Numbers 18:7 לְכָל דְּבַר הַמִּזְבֵּחַ וּלְמִבַּיִת לַמִּשְׁכָּן for everything of the altar, and for (that) within the veil
• 1 Kings 7:8, 31
• (read לְכַתְּפֹת; see VB & Stade ZAW 1883, 165)
• אֵלִים מִבַּיִת לְ (after a verb of motion) in within Leviticus 16:15
• 2 Kings 11:15 2 Chronicles 23:14

Note. — בית perhaps occurs abbreviated into ב in proper name בְּעֶשְׁתְּרוֹת q. v. so Thes and others; compare also Aramaic בּא = בית in like usage Lag Armen. Stud. §339; Se i. 51; GGA 1884, 276. בֵּית הַגָּן proper name, of a location? א5 Βαιθαν (Βαιθαγαν), א5 L Βαιθωρων, 2 Kings 9:27; modern Jenîn? see גַּן, below גָּן, and עֵין גַּנִּים; compare Stade Gesch i. 542. כְּלוּא Kt, כְּלִיאָה Qr noun [masculine] id.; — בֵּית הַכֶּלֶא Jeremiah 37:4; Jeremiah 52:31 (see כֶּלֶא above)

II. [בַּיִת] noun [feminine] suffix בֵּיתֶּךְ Ezekiel 16:36 where context favours meaning lust, harlotry.

III. בַּיִת 44 noun masculine Ezra 6:7 house (Biblical Hebrew בַּיִת); — emphatic בֵּיתָא Ezra 5:3 +, תָּא - Ezra 5:12; Ezra 6:15; construct בֵּית( Ezra 4:24; Ezra 5:2 +; suffix בֵּיתִי Daniel 4:1 (Baer n., compare M §76 c; van d. H. Gi בֵּיתִי), בֵּיתָה Daniel 2:17 +; plural suffix בָּתֵּיכוֹן Daniel 2:5; — 1 house, of men: Ezra 6:11 (twice in verse); Daniel 2:5,17; Daniel 3:29; Daniel 6:11; of king Ezra 6:4; Daniel 4:4, מִשְׁתְּיָא בֵּית Daniel 5:10, גִּנְזַיָּא דִּי מַלְכָּא בֵּית Ezra 5:17, compare Ezra 7:20 = בֵּית סִפְרַיָּא וְגִנְזַיָּא בֵּית Ezra 6:1; מַלְכִין בֵּית Ezra 4:30 royal residence (of Babylonian). 2 house of God, temple at Jerusalem Daniel 5:3,23; Ezra 4:24 28 times Ezra.

¹ K. Albrecht

² M. Lidzbarski 322

³ D. H. Müller

⁴ Nöldeke in Mei Archaeology i. 456 f.

⁵ Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar §96

⁶ J

⁷ Driver Sm 29, n. 2

⁸ Vog 32, 64

⁹ DHM ZMG 1883, 387

¹⁰ Hal 257 DHM ZMG 1876, 697

¹¹ Palmyrene in בית עלמא, בית מקברתא sepulchre Vog 32, 64 and others

¹² Thes √ בות, Aramaic בּוּת,ܠܐ spend the night, Arabic باب Ethiopic አርትስ but this perhaps denominative, & בית from √ לרץ with ת afform. compare Sta §187 a

¹³ Ew H iii.718 & Klo

¹⁴ VB & Sta ZAW 1883, 165

¹⁵ We Dr

¹⁶ Co

¹⁷ Hi Co

¹⁸ B Hi Co

¹⁹ Lag Armen. Stud. §339; Se i. 51; GGA 1884, 276

²⁰ Wetzst Hauran 110 Kampffmeyer ZPV xv (1892). 111

²¹ Stade Gesch i. 542

²² Baer n., compare M §76 c; van d. H. Gi

²³ [] Indicates that the form enclosed is not actually found (assumed/reconstructed) or that the Hebrew offers no positive proof (gender).

²⁴ † Hapax Legomenon (occurs only once in Scripture).

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: οἶκον οἴκου οἴκῳ οἶκοσ pεἰσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1004b:

οἶκον 503× (20.8%)

οἴκου 413× (18.3%)

οἴκῳ 323× (12.8%)

οἶκοσ 163× (7.1%)

pεἰσ 92× (4.6%)

οἴκουσ 89× (3.7%)

οἰκίαν 75× (3.1%)

pἐν 70× (3.4%)

--- 57× (2.8%)

'' 54× (2.3%)

סביב סָבִיב

circling around

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

סביב

çâbîyb

Definition

(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around

Root

or (feminine) סביבה; from H5437 (סבב);

Exhaustive

or (feminine) סביבה; from סבב; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around; (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5439

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

סָבִיב

adverb / preposition • Root סבב • Strongs / High • Page 756

Adverb or substantive used as a preposition, meaning 'round about', often preceding a noun with the preposition 'ל'.

סָבִיב

noun • Root סבב • Strongs / High • Page 1005

A circuit, a surrounding country, neighbourhood.

סָבִיב

adverb / preposition • Root סבב • Strongs / High • Page 1005

As an adverb: round about, circum, on all sides round. As a preposition with ל or עַל: about, toward all sides.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

סָבִיב

m. verbal • Root סבב • Page 467

As a subst. circuit. 1 Chr. 11: 8. Hence as an adv. round about, Gen. 23: 17; Ex. 16: 13. Also used as a prep. round about any thing, as round about the tent, Ex. 40: 33; Num. 1: 53. Plur. m. סְבִיבִים persons round about, neighbours. Jer. 48: 17, 39. Also refers to country round about, les environs.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H5439

I. סָבִיב (approximate number of occurrences: 336) substantive, used mostly as adverb and preposition — circuit, round about.

— construct סְבִיב Amos 3:11; plural construct סְבִיבֵי Jeremiah 32:44, Jeremiah 33:13, suffix סְבִיבֶיךָ etc. (10 times), much oftener סְבִיבוֹת Exodus 7:24 (22 times), סְבִיבוֹתַי, תֶיךָ-, etc., Deuteronomy 17:14, etc. (48 times):

1. In singular

a. As substantive

• 1 Chronicles 11:8 מִן־הַמִּלּוֹא וְעַד־הַסָּבִיב and to the parts round about.

b. As adverb accusative סָבִיב (in) a circuit, i.e. round about

• Genesis 23:17 בְּכָל־גְּבוּלוֹ סָבִיב
• Exodus 19:12; Exodus 25:11, 24, 25
• Leviticus 1:5, 11 (+ עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ סָבִיב)
• Judges 20:29; 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 5:11; Psalm 3:7 (+ אֲשֶׁר סָבִיב שָׁתוּ עָלָי)
• Psalm 12:9; Psalm 34:8 + often
• Sometimes doubled, for the sake of emphasis: 2 Chronicles 4:3; Ezekiel 8:10 (+ עַל הַקִּיר סָבִיב סָבִיב), Ezekiel 37:2; Ezekiel 40:5 and often in Ezekiel 40–43.

c. As preposition

• (a) Amos 3:11 צַר וּסְבִיב הָאָרֶץ distress, and that in the circuit of (= round about) the land (but read probably with ᵑ6 יְסֹבֵב will encircle).
• (b) סָבִיב לְ: Exodus 16:13; Exodus 40:33; Numbers 1:50, 53; Numbers 2:2; Judges 7:21; 1 Kings 6:5; 1 Kings 18:32, 35; Ezekiel 41:10; Ezekiel 14:16; Job 19:12; Psalm 34:8; Psalm 78:28; Psalm 125:2 (twice in verse) יהוה סָבִיב לְעַמּוֹ, Psalm 128:3; Songs 3:7; Nahum 3:8.
• (c) strangely, סָבִיב אֵת: 1 Kings 6:5 (omitted by ᵐ5), Ezekiel 43:17.

d. מִסָּבִיב (42 times), from round about, from every side

• Ezekiel 16:33, 37; Ezekiel 23:22; Ezekiel 37:21
• Usually = on every side: Jeremiah 4:17 (+ הָיוּ עָלֶיהָ מִסָּבִיב), Isaiah 42:25 (+ וַתְּלַהֲטֵהוּ מִסָּבִיב), Joel 4:11, 12.
• מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיב terror on every side!: Jeremiah 6:25; Jeremiah 20:3, 10; Jeremiah 46:5; Jeremiah 49:29; Psalm 31:14, compare Lamentations 2:22.
• Especially in the Deuteronomic phrases אוֹיְבִים מִסָּבִיב, or הֵנִיחַ מִסָּבִיב (sometimes in combination): Deuteronomy 12:10 (+ וְהֵנִיחַ לָכֶם מִכָּל־אוֹיְבֵיכֶם מִסָּבִיב), Deuteronomy 25:19; Joshua 21:42 (+ וַיָּנַח יהוה לָהֶם מִסָּבִיב), Joshua 23:1; Judges 2:14; Judges 8:34; 1 Samuel 12:11 +.
• מִסָּבִיב לְ from round about: Numbers 16:24, 27.
• On 1 Samuel 14:21; 2 Samuel 24:6; Job 10:8 see סָבַב.

2. In plural

a. סְבִיבִים

• (a) in masculine sense, those round about: Psalm 76:12 (+ כָּל־סְבִיבָיו יֹבִילוּ שַׁי), Psalm 89:8; Jeremiah 48:17, 39.
• (b) in neuter sense, the parts round about: Jeremiah 49:5 (+ מִכָּל־סְבִיבָיִךְ), Jeremiah 32:44; Jeremiah 33:13; Jeremiah 21:14 (+ וְאָכְלָה כָּל־סְבִיבֶיהָ), Jeremiah 46:14.
• With the force of a preposition: Psalm 50:3 (+ וּסְבִיבָיו נִשְׂעֲרָה מְאֹד), Psalm 97:2; Lamentations 1:17.

b. סְבִיבוֹת

• (a) as substantive: (α) circuits: Ecclesiastes 1:6 (+ וְעַל־סְבִיבֹתָיו שָׁב הָרוּחַ); (β) the parts round about: Numbers 22:4 (+ יְלַחֲכוּ הַקָּהָל אֵת כָּל־סְבִיבֹתֵינוּ), Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 50:32; with reference to their inhabitants: Psalm 44:14 (= Psalm 79:4), Ezekiel 16:57; Ezekiel 28:24; Daniel 9:16.
• (b) with the force of a preposition: Exodus 7:24 סְבִיבֹת הַיְאֹר literally (in) the circuits of the Nile = round about the Nile, Numbers 11:24, 31, 32; suffix סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶם Numbers 35:2, Judges 7:18; 1 Samuel 26:5, 7; 2 Kings 6:17 (+ סְבִיבֹת אֱלִישָׁע), Psalm 18:12; Psalm 27:6 (+ עַל אֹיְבַי סְבִיבוֹתָי), etc.
• Often idiomatic preceded by אֲשֶׁר, as Genesis 35:5 (+ הֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבוֹתֵיהֶם), Genesis 41:48; Leviticus 25:44; Numbers 16:34; Deuteronomy 6:14; Deuteronomy 13:8; Deuteronomy 17:14; Deuteronomy 21:2 +.
• In the same sense מִסְּבִיבוֹתָם Ezekiel 28:26.

¹ ᵑ6 Peshitta (Syriac version).

² ᵐ5 Septuagint (Greek version).

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: κύκλῳ κυκλόθεν περικύκλῳ '' αὐτῆσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5439:

κύκλῳ 201× (60.1%)

κυκλόθεν 70× (21.1%)

περικύκλῳ 19× (5.4%)

'' 14× (3.6%)

αὐτῆσ 9× (2.1%)

--- 4× (1.2%)

κύκλωμα 3× (0.7%)

ἐκύκλουν 2× (0.6%)

ἐκύκλωσάν 2× (0.6%)

ἐπέστρεψεν 2× (0.5%)

להיכל לַהֵיכָל

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ל

lə

Definition

to, for

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(lamed) — to / toward / for

Core value: orientation, directionality, belonging
ל is often mistranslated as purpose (“in order to”), but that smuggles in future-time. In reality, ל marks:
- movement toward,
- dedication unto,
- reference with respect to.
Aonically, ל is vectorial, not teleological.
not “for the sake of a future outcome”
but “oriented toward a locus or pole.”
This is why possession (“belongs to”) and motion (“toward”) use the same preposition: both indicate relational alignment, not time.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

היכל

hêykâl

Definition

a large public building, such as a palace or temple

Root

probably from H3201 (יכל) (in the sense of capacity);

Exhaustive

probably from יכל (in the sense of capacity); a large public building, such as a palace or temple; palace, temple.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1964

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

הֵיכָל

noun / masculine • Root הכל • Strongs / High • Page 398

Properly a large dwelling; definitely a palace, a splendid house. Metaphorically, a temple, as the palace of God; the sanctuary of Jehovah. Can refer to the tabernacle, the main nave of the temple, or the whole temple building.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

הֵיכָל

m.plur. —ים / once וֹת • Page 185

1. a great or magnificent building, a palace. Prov. 30: 28. Is. 39: 7. Dan. 1: 4. 2. a temple; generally הֵיכַל יְהֹוָה 2 K. 24: 13. 2 Chr. 3: 17. 3. in a more restricted sense, the sanctuary, part of the temple, in opposition to the holy of holies (דְּבִיר) 1 K. 6: 5, 17. 7: 50.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H1964

I. הֵיכָל (approximate number of occurrences: 80) noun masculine — palace, temple.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew id.
• Aramaic הֵיכָלָא, הֵיכְלָא
• Palmyrene הכלא
• Arabic هيكل (probably Aramaic loan-word)
• Ethiopic ሀይከል
• Assyrian ekallu palace, temple
• Akkadian e-gal great house

— הֵיכָל absolute Amos 8:3 (28 times); construct הֵיכַל Micah 1:2 (36 times); suffix הֵיכָלָ֑ךָ Psalm 48:10 (3 times); הֵיכָלוֺ Jeremiah 50:28 (8 times); plural הֵיכָלוֺת Hosea 8:14; construct הֵיכְלֵי Isaiah 13:22 (3 times); suffix הֵיכְלֵיכֶם Joel 4:5.

Never in Hexateuch, rarely in Samuel & pre-exile prophets; especially frequently in Kings, Ezekiel & late prophets, also Chronicles; occasionally in Psalms.

1. Royal palace

a. Specifically of named kings

• Of Ahab 1 Kings 21:1
• Of king of Babylon 2 Kings 20:18 = Isaiah 38:17; 2 Chronicles 36:7; compare Daniel 1:4
• At Nineveh וְהַהֵיכָל נָמוֺג Nahum 2:7

b. General or luxurious palaces

• הֵיכְלֵי עֹנֶג Isaiah 13:22 luxurious palaces
• Of Phoenician palaces Joel 4:5
• הֵיכְלֵי מֶלֶךְ Proverbs 30:28
• תַּבְנִית הֵיכָל Psalm 144:12 (simile of well-proportioned daughters)

Note: The usual term for royal palace in Hebrew is בֵּית הַמֶּלֶךְ (see בַּיִת).

2. Of palace of God considered as king, temple

a. Pre-Solomonic house at Shiloh

• 1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Samuel 3:3
• With doors (דלתות, 1 Samuel 3:15) and a doorpost (מזוזה, 1 Samuel 1:9)

b. Solomon's temple

Specifically the hall or nave of the temple (the holy place, distinguished from the דְּבִּיר inner sanctuary):

• 1 Kings 6:17; 1 Kings 6:3, 1 Kings 6:5, 1 Kings 6:33
• 1 Kings 7:21, 1 Kings 7:50
• Ezekiel 8:16
• In a wide sense (apparently = בֵּית י׳): 2 Kings 23:4; Jeremiah 7:4; 2 Chronicles 26:16

c. Ezekiel's temple

• Ezekiel 41:1, 4, 15, 21, 23, 25
• Ezekiel 42:8

d. Second temple

• Zechariah 8:9; Zechariah 6:12–15
• Haggai 2:15, 18
• Ezra 3:6, 10; 4:1
• Malachi 3:1
• Nehemiah 6:10–11
• Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 66:6

e. The heavenly temple

Where Yahweh sits enthroned:

• Isaiah 6:1
• 2 Samuel 22:7 = Psalm 18:7
• Psalm 11:4 (+ שָׁמַיִם)
• Micah 1:2; Habakkuk 2:20

¹ Melchior de Vogüé, Syrie centrale: inscriptions sémitiques (1868).

² Siegmund Fraenkel, Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (1886).

³ Eberhard Schrader, The Cuneiform Inscriptions and the Old Testament (COT).

⁴ Paul de Lagarde, Übersicht über die im Aramäischen, Arabischen und Hebräischen übliche Bildung der Nomina (1889).

⁵ Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley, 2nd English ed., Oxford, 1910 (GKC).

Preposition -For/Into Art, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ναοῦ ναῷ ναὸν ναὸσ οἴκῳ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1964:

ναοῦ 21× (23.0%)

ναῷ 11× (10.3%)

ναὸν 10× (11.4%)

ναὸσ 8× (8.6%)

οἴκῳ 6× (5.5%)

οἶκον 5× (5.4%)

οἶκοσ 2× (2.0%)

ναὸν 2× (2.0%)

αὐτοῦ 2× (2.5%)

--- 2× (2.5%)

ולדביר וְלַדְּביר

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wə

Definition

and

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

The conjunctive ו is not merely a fixed coordinator with a stable semantic value (“and/but/or/then”). Its core function is linkage, not meaning. It binds units into a single discourse field—phrases, clauses, or whole scenes—while leaving the logical relation to be inferred from aspect, word order, genre, and context.

So the variability in translation (“and / but / or / even / then”) is not polyvalence in the particle; it is underspecification by design. The language expects the reader/hearer to perceive the relation rather than have it encoded.

Crucially, conjunctive ו does not imply temporal sequence. It implies continuity of attention. Think of it as:
- “this belongs with what precedes,”
- “remain within the same frame,”
“do not reset the discourse.”
This is why Hebrew can chain dozens of clauses with ו without subordination or explicit logic markers. The text advances by accumulation, not by branching syntactic trees. Meaning arises from the interaction:
- Aspect (qatal / yiqtol / participle),
- Position (fronted elements, resumptive nouns),
- Genre (law, narrative, oracle),
- Context (who speaks, to whom).
The ו simply keeps the circuit closed so these cues can operate together. Remove tense assumptions, and the system becomes coherent.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

ל

lə

Definition

to, for

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(lamed) — to / toward / for

Core value: orientation, directionality, belonging
ל is often mistranslated as purpose (“in order to”), but that smuggles in future-time. In reality, ל marks:
- movement toward,
- dedication unto,
- reference with respect to.
Aonically, ל is vectorial, not teleological.
not “for the sake of a future outcome”
but “oriented toward a locus or pole.”
This is why possession (“belongs to”) and motion (“toward”) use the same preposition: both indicate relational alignment, not time.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

דביר

dᵉbîyr

Definition

the shrine or innermost part of the sanctuary

Root

or (shortened) דבר; from H1696 (דבר) (apparently in the sense of oracle);

Exhaustive

or (shortened) דבר; from דבר (apparently in the sense of oracle); the shrine or innermost part of the sanctuary; oracle.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H1687

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

דְּבִיר

noun masculine • Root דבר • Strongs / High • Page 348

1. The hinder part of the temple, the west hall, the holy of holies. 2. A proper name of a royal Canaanite city, later in Judah, also called Kirjath-sepher. 3. A proper name of a Phenician king.

דְּבִיר

noun • Root דבר • Strongs / High • Page 351

The inner sanctuary of the temple, oracle. Derived from דָּבַר III (to be behind).

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

דְּבִיר

noun masculine • Root דבר , • Page 152

1. A portion of the temple, the 'holy of holies' (adytum), 1 K. 6:5, 19-22, etc. 2. Proper name of a city in the tribe of Judah, otherwise called Kirjath-sepher, Judg. 1:11.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H1687

I. דְּבִיר noun masculine — hindmost chamber, innermost room of the temple of Solomon.

Cognates:

• Arabic دبر back, دبر part behind

= קֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים holy of holies, most holy place, the place of the ark and the cherubic images, the throne-room of Yahweh.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. Occurrences in the Temple

• 1 Kings 6:5, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 31
• 1 Kings 7:49 (= 2 Chronicles 4:20)
• 1 Kings 8:6, 8 (= 2 Chronicles 5:7, 9)
• 2 Chronicles 3:16
• Psalm 28:2

2. Textual and Translation Notes

Probably read דְּבִיר 2 Kings 10:25 also, for MT עִיר; so Klo¹ after LXX^L.²

It is translated oracle in AV RV after Aq Symm³ χρηματιστήριον, Vulg⁴ oraculum, on the incorrect theory that it was derived from דִּבֶּר speak.

¹ August Klostermann, Die Bücher Samuelis und der Könige (1887).

² Septuagint (LXX), Lucianic Recension.

³ Aquila and Symmachus.

⁴ Vulgate.

Conjunction, Preposition, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: δαβιρ

LXX Usage Statistics

H1687:

δαβιρ 13× (78.8%)

ויעש וַיַּעַשׂ

and he is making

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wāw

Definition

sequential 'and'

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

Vav Conversive/Consecutive: The category “vav conversive / vav consecutive” is not an ancient grammatical datum; it is a modern explanatory construct, developed by early Hebraists to force Biblical Hebrew into a Latin/chronological tense model that it simply does not share.

The notion arose in early modern grammar (17th–19th c.) when scholars assumed:
- verbs must encode tense,
- narratives must advance by past → present → future,
- therefore Hebrew forms that “don’t behave” must be converted.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

עשה

ʻâsâh

Definition

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6213

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

עָשָׂה

verb • Root עשה • Strongs / High • Page 755

to make for

עָשָׂה

verb • Root עשה • Strongs / High • Page 1140

1. To do, to make, to form, to construct (e.g., an ark, altar, garments); to build up, to establish, to create. 2. To acquire (by labor); to make or procure a name (fame); to make money; to bring, to make (i.e., to be of use). Also, to prepare (food, sacrifice); to offer; to appoint, constitute to an office. 3. Metaphorically, to keep, to celebrate (a feast, e.g., Sabbath, Passover); to live through or spend the time of life; to perform, to practise, observe, to consider. 4. To do, generally without an object (good or evil); to deal with, execute upon. 5. Altogether generally to act, the interpretation being drawn from the context; to act considerately or falsely.

עָשָׂה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1141

To do, to make, to prepare, to work, to act, to perform, to effect. Also: to bring forth, to beget; to give milk; to bear fruit; to put forth shoots; to be made, created, sacrificed, executed; to be committed (a crime); to be celebrated (a festival); to happen, to become. (Includes Nif. passive, Pih. to press/squeeze, Puh. to be made/created).

עָשָׂה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1141

(unused) intr. to be shaggy, rough, rough-haired, of men; probably also of a rough, rugged forest-mountain.

עָשָׂה

verb • Strongs / High • Page 1139

(I) tr. 1. To feel, to touch. 2. To labour = to do; to work; to create (of God); to accomplish; to execute (a vow or wrath); to make, to form, fabricari.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

עָשַׂה

ii. in kal • Page 531

to press, squeeze, (the breast.) Ezekiel 23:21. (Chald. עֲשָׁא idem.)

עָשָׂה

verb • Root עשה • Page 530

To make, do, act. Extensive entry covering various nuances: 1. to make/do (Gen. 1:7); 2. to labour (Ex. 5:9); 3. to execute or accomplish (Ps. 37:5); 4. to prepare or dress food (Gen. 18:7); 5. to make or acquire riches (Gen. 31:1); 6. to pass or spend time (Ecc. 6:12); 7. to keep one's self or abide (Ruth 2:19); 8. to produce or bear fruit (Gen. 1:11); 9. to offer or present (Ex. 10:25); 10. to appoint to an office (1 Sam. 12:6); 11. to celebrate or keep a festival (Ex. 12:48).

עָשָׂה

verb • Page 532

1. to labour, fabricari. 2. to be made smooth or polished, to be bright, to shine. Jer. 5: 28. Hithpa. to think or be mindful of any one. Jon. 1: 6.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H6213

I. עָשָׂה (approximate number of occurrences: 2622) verb — do, make.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew idem
• Moabite עשתי
• Proper names עשיו, אלעשה, מעשיהו

— עָשָׂה 3 masculine singular Perfect Genesis 3:1 +; suffix עָשָׂהוּ Hosea 8:6 +; 3 feminine singular עָֽשְׂתָה Deuteronomy 22:21 +, וְעָשָׂת Leviticus 25:21; 2 masculine singular עָשִׂיתָ Genesis 3:14 +; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יַעֲשֶׂה Genesis 18:25 +, וַיַּעֲשֶׂה 1 Kings 16:25, וַיַּעַשׂ Isaiah 5:2 +; jussive תַּעַשׂ Genesis 22:12 +; 1 singular אֶעֱשֶׂה Genesis 2:18 +, וָאַעַשׂ Deuteronomy 10:3; Infinitive absolute עָשׂה Jeremiah 44:17 +; construct עֲשׂוֺת Genesis 2:4 +; Participle active עשֶֹׁה Isaiah 5:5 +; passive עָשׂוּי Exodus 3:16 +.

1. Meanings and Uses: Do

a. General usage

• With accusative Genesis 3:14 (Jehovist Source), Genesis 20:10 (Elohist Source)
• Do right in eyes of יהוה 2 Kings 12:3; evil 2 Kings 8:18
• Do commands Deuteronomy 16:12, Numbers 15:39 (Priests' Code)
• Perform a work (מַעֲשֶׂה) Exodus 18:20, (מְלָאכָה) Genesis 2:2

b. To or with someone

• To someone (ל) Genesis 20:9 (Elohist Source)
• Against reflexive (עַל) Jeremiah 26:19
• With someone (אֵת / עִם) Deuteronomy 1:30, Ruth 2:11
• Maintain cause (מִשְׁמַּט) 1 Kings 8:45

c. Kindness and Goodness

• Do kindness (חֶסֶד) Genesis 19:19, 2 Samuel 2:5
• Kindness and truth (חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת) Joshua 2:14 (Jehovist/Elohist Source)
• Do good (טוֺב) Genesis 26:29

2. Meanings and Uses: Make

a. Create or produce

• Ark Genesis 8:6; idols Judges 18:24
• Of God's creation Genesis 1:7, 1:25 (Priests' Code), Nehemiah 9:6
• Produce fruit or grain Hosea 8:7, Genesis 1:11

b. Transform or Appoint

• Make something out of material Exodus 25:18, Deuteronomy 10:3
• Make into something Hosea 8:4, Psalm 104:4
• Appoint priests or feasts 1 Kings 12:31–32

c. Ritual and Celebration

• Prepare sacrifice 1 Kings 18:23, Judges 6:19
• Make offering (עוֺלָה) Judges 13:16, Leviticus 16:24
• Observe/celebrate Passover Exodus 12:48, Sabbath Exodus 31:16

d. Other uses

• Acquire property Genesis 12:5, Deuteronomy 8:17
• Make war Genesis 14:2, peace Joshua 9:15
• Spend or pass days Ecclesiastes 6:12

3. Passive and Reflexive Forms

Niphal — be done, be made.

• Be done (of work) Judges 16:11, (of offence) Deuteronomy 13:15
• Be executed (of decree) Esther 9:1
• Be made (of objects) 1 Kings 10:20, Jeremiah 3:16
• Be observed (of festival) 2 Kings 24:22

Pual — be made.

• עֻשֵּׂיתִי Psalm 139:15 I was made.

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II. עָשָׂה verb Pi`el — press, squeeze.

Cognates:

• Late Hebrew עִשָּׂה
• Aramaic עַסִּי
• Arabic عص

• 3 plural עִשּׂוּ דַּדֵּי בְּתוּלִים Ezekiel 23:3, 23:8
• Infinitive construct בְּעַשּׂוֺת Ezekiel 23:21 (read as Pi`el)

¹ Mesha Inscription (MI), l. 23, 26.

² Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, ed. E. Kautzsch, trans. A. E. Cowley, 2nd English ed., Oxford, 1910 (GKC).

³ David Heinrich Müller, SB Berl. Akkadian 1886.

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX: ἐποίησεν ποιήσεισ ἐποίησαν ποιῆσαι ποιήσω

LXX Usage Statistics

H6213a:

ἐποίησεν 538× (20.3%)

ποιήσεισ 196× (7.3%)

ἐποίησαν 191× (7.2%)

ποιῆσαι 141× (5.2%)

ποιήσω 113× (4.3%)

ποιήσει 111× (4.2%)

'' 86× (2.9%)

ἐποίησασ 82× (3.2%)

ποιεῖν 79× (2.9%)

ποιήσετε 76× (2.9%)

צלעות צְלָעוֹת

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

צלע

tsêlâʻ

Definition

a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e. leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, i.e. quarter); architecturally, a (especially floor or ceiling) timber or plank (single or collective, i.e. a flooring)

Root

or (feminine) צלעה; from H6760 (צלע);

Exhaustive

or (feminine) צלעה; from צלע; a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e. leaf); hence, a side, literally (of a person) or figuratively (of an object or the sky, i.e. quarter); architecturally, a (especially floor or ceiling) timber or plank (single or collective, i.e. a flooring); beam, board, chamber, corner, leaf, plank, rib, side (chamber).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H6763

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

צֶלַע

noun feminine • Root צלע • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1233

1. A leaning, halting; metaphor. a fall, overthrow. 2. The side, slope, flank (of a mountain, tabernacle, altar, ark). 3. N. p. of a city in Benjamin.

Matched via consonantal key only

צָלַע

verb intransitive • Root צלע • Consonantal / Medium • Page 1233

To turn, incline, bend, to one side; hence to limp, to halt (used as participle צֹלֵעַ).

Matched via consonantal key only

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

צֵלָע

f. noun • Page 569

1. a rib (Gen. 2:21, 22). 2. a side (Job 18:12; 20:10). sides or leaves of a folding door (1 K. 6:34). 3. a side-chamber of the temple (1 K. 6:3; Ezek. 41:6). 4. Plur. boards (1 K. 6:15, 16). 5. proper name of a city in the tribe of Benjamin (Josh. 18:28; 2 Sam. 21:14).

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H6763

I. צֵלָע (approximate number of occurrences: 41) noun feminine (masculine 1 Kings 6:34, and apparently Exodus 26:26) — rib, side.

— צֵלָע absolute Genesis 2:22 +; construct צֶ֫לַע Exodus 26:26 +, also צֵ֫לַע 2 Samuel 16:13; suffix צַלְעוֺ Exodus 25:12 +; plural צְלָעִים 1 Kings 6:34, צְלָעוֺת 1 Kings 6:3 +; construct צַלְעֹת Ezekiel 41:26 +; suffix צַלְעֹתָיו Genesis 2:21 +.

1. Meanings and Uses

a. Rib of man

• Genesis 2:21–22 (Yahwist Source)

b. Rib of hill, i.e. ridge, or terrace

• 2 Samuel 16:13

c. Side-chambers or cells (enclosing temple like ribs)

• 1 Kings 6:5, 6 (read הַצּ׳ for הַיָּצוּעַ, see יָצִיעַ)
• 1 Kings 7:3
• Of Ezekiel's temple: Ezekiel 41:5 (10 times in Ezekiel 41) (on text see Cornill³, Toy⁴, Kraetzschmar⁵)

d. Ribs of cedar and fir, i.e. planks, boards (plural), of temple wall and floor

• 1 Kings 6:15–16

e. Leaves of door

• 1 Kings 6:34

f. Side (mostly in Priests' Code)

• Of ark (אֶרוֺן): Exodus 25:12 (twice), 14 = Exodus 37:3 (twice), 5
• Of tabernacle (מִשְׁכָּן): Exodus 26:20 (parallel מֵּאָה Exodus 26:18), 26, 27; Exodus 36:25 (parallel פ׳ Exodus 36:23), 31, 32; Exodus 26:35 (twice)
• Of altar: Exodus 27:7 = Exodus 38:7; Exodus 30:4 = Exodus 37:27

— Jeremiah 20:10; Job 18:12 see II. צלע.

¹ Yahwist Source.

² Priests' Code / Narrative.

³ C. H. Cornill, Das Buch des Propheten Ezechiel (1886).

⁴ C. H. Toy, The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel (1899).

⁵ R. Kraetzschmar, Das Buch Ezechiel (1900).

Noun common feminine plural absolute

LXX: πλευρῶν '' κλίτοσ πλευρᾶσ μέρουσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H6763:

πλευρῶν 5× (11.6%)

'' 5× (11.6%)

κλίτοσ 5× (11.2%)

πλευρᾶσ 4× (9.3%)

μέρουσ 3× (7.8%)

πλευρὸν 3× (7.8%)

πλευρὰ 3× (6.1%)

κλίτει 2× (4.6%)

סביב סָבִיב׃

circling around

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

סביב

çâbîyb

Definition

(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around

Root

or (feminine) סביבה; from H5437 (סבב);

Exhaustive

or (feminine) סביבה; from סבב; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around; (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5439

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

סָבִיב

adverb / preposition • Root סבב • Strongs / High • Page 756

Adverb or substantive used as a preposition, meaning 'round about', often preceding a noun with the preposition 'ל'.

סָבִיב

noun • Root סבב • Strongs / High • Page 1005

A circuit, a surrounding country, neighbourhood.

סָבִיב

adverb / preposition • Root סבב • Strongs / High • Page 1005

As an adverb: round about, circum, on all sides round. As a preposition with ל or עַל: about, toward all sides.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

סָבִיב

m. verbal • Root סבב • Page 467

As a subst. circuit. 1 Chr. 11: 8. Hence as an adv. round about, Gen. 23: 17; Ex. 16: 13. Also used as a prep. round about any thing, as round about the tent, Ex. 40: 33; Num. 1: 53. Plur. m. סְבִיבִים persons round about, neighbours. Jer. 48: 17, 39. Also refers to country round about, les environs.

BDB

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon

H5439

I. סָבִיב (approximate number of occurrences: 336) substantive, used mostly as adverb and preposition — circuit, round about.

— construct סְבִיב Amos 3:11; plural construct סְבִיבֵי Jeremiah 32:44, Jeremiah 33:13, suffix סְבִיבֶיךָ etc. (10 times), much oftener סְבִיבוֹת Exodus 7:24 (22 times), סְבִיבוֹתַי, תֶיךָ-, etc., Deuteronomy 17:14, etc. (48 times):

1. In singular

a. As substantive

• 1 Chronicles 11:8 מִן־הַמִּלּוֹא וְעַד־הַסָּבִיב and to the parts round about.

b. As adverb accusative סָבִיב (in) a circuit, i.e. round about

• Genesis 23:17 בְּכָל־גְּבוּלוֹ סָבִיב
• Exodus 19:12; Exodus 25:11, 24, 25
• Leviticus 1:5, 11 (+ עַל הַמִּזְבֵּחַ סָבִיב)
• Judges 20:29; 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 5:11; Psalm 3:7 (+ אֲשֶׁר סָבִיב שָׁתוּ עָלָי)
• Psalm 12:9; Psalm 34:8 + often
• Sometimes doubled, for the sake of emphasis: 2 Chronicles 4:3; Ezekiel 8:10 (+ עַל הַקִּיר סָבִיב סָבִיב), Ezekiel 37:2; Ezekiel 40:5 and often in Ezekiel 40–43.

c. As preposition

• (a) Amos 3:11 צַר וּסְבִיב הָאָרֶץ distress, and that in the circuit of (= round about) the land (but read probably with ᵑ6 יְסֹבֵב will encircle).
• (b) סָבִיב לְ: Exodus 16:13; Exodus 40:33; Numbers 1:50, 53; Numbers 2:2; Judges 7:21; 1 Kings 6:5; 1 Kings 18:32, 35; Ezekiel 41:10; Ezekiel 14:16; Job 19:12; Psalm 34:8; Psalm 78:28; Psalm 125:2 (twice in verse) יהוה סָבִיב לְעַמּוֹ, Psalm 128:3; Songs 3:7; Nahum 3:8.
• (c) strangely, סָבִיב אֵת: 1 Kings 6:5 (omitted by ᵐ5), Ezekiel 43:17.

d. מִסָּבִיב (42 times), from round about, from every side

• Ezekiel 16:33, 37; Ezekiel 23:22; Ezekiel 37:21
• Usually = on every side: Jeremiah 4:17 (+ הָיוּ עָלֶיהָ מִסָּבִיב), Isaiah 42:25 (+ וַתְּלַהֲטֵהוּ מִסָּבִיב), Joel 4:11, 12.
• מָגוֹר מִסָּבִיב terror on every side!: Jeremiah 6:25; Jeremiah 20:3, 10; Jeremiah 46:5; Jeremiah 49:29; Psalm 31:14, compare Lamentations 2:22.
• Especially in the Deuteronomic phrases אוֹיְבִים מִסָּבִיב, or הֵנִיחַ מִסָּבִיב (sometimes in combination): Deuteronomy 12:10 (+ וְהֵנִיחַ לָכֶם מִכָּל־אוֹיְבֵיכֶם מִסָּבִיב), Deuteronomy 25:19; Joshua 21:42 (+ וַיָּנַח יהוה לָהֶם מִסָּבִיב), Joshua 23:1; Judges 2:14; Judges 8:34; 1 Samuel 12:11 +.
• מִסָּבִיב לְ from round about: Numbers 16:24, 27.
• On 1 Samuel 14:21; 2 Samuel 24:6; Job 10:8 see סָבַב.

2. In plural

a. סְבִיבִים

• (a) in masculine sense, those round about: Psalm 76:12 (+ כָּל־סְבִיבָיו יֹבִילוּ שַׁי), Psalm 89:8; Jeremiah 48:17, 39.
• (b) in neuter sense, the parts round about: Jeremiah 49:5 (+ מִכָּל־סְבִיבָיִךְ), Jeremiah 32:44; Jeremiah 33:13; Jeremiah 21:14 (+ וְאָכְלָה כָּל־סְבִיבֶיהָ), Jeremiah 46:14.
• With the force of a preposition: Psalm 50:3 (+ וּסְבִיבָיו נִשְׂעֲרָה מְאֹד), Psalm 97:2; Lamentations 1:17.

b. סְבִיבוֹת

• (a) as substantive: (α) circuits: Ecclesiastes 1:6 (+ וְעַל־סְבִיבֹתָיו שָׁב הָרוּחַ); (β) the parts round about: Numbers 22:4 (+ יְלַחֲכוּ הַקָּהָל אֵת כָּל־סְבִיבֹתֵינוּ), Jeremiah 17:26; Jeremiah 50:32; with reference to their inhabitants: Psalm 44:14 (= Psalm 79:4), Ezekiel 16:57; Ezekiel 28:24; Daniel 9:16.
• (b) with the force of a preposition: Exodus 7:24 סְבִיבֹת הַיְאֹר literally (in) the circuits of the Nile = round about the Nile, Numbers 11:24, 31, 32; suffix סְבִיבֹתֵיהֶם Numbers 35:2, Judges 7:18; 1 Samuel 26:5, 7; 2 Kings 6:17 (+ סְבִיבֹת אֱלִישָׁע), Psalm 18:12; Psalm 27:6 (+ עַל אֹיְבַי סְבִיבוֹתָי), etc.
• Often idiomatic preceded by אֲשֶׁר, as Genesis 35:5 (+ הֶעָרִים אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבוֹתֵיהֶם), Genesis 41:48; Leviticus 25:44; Numbers 16:34; Deuteronomy 6:14; Deuteronomy 13:8; Deuteronomy 17:14; Deuteronomy 21:2 +.
• In the same sense מִסְּבִיבוֹתָם Ezekiel 28:26.

¹ ᵑ6 Peshitta (Syriac version).

² ᵐ5 Septuagint (Greek version).

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: κύκλῳ κυκλόθεν περικύκλῳ '' αὐτῆσ

LXX Usage Statistics

H5439:

κύκλῳ 201× (60.1%)

κυκλόθεν 70× (21.1%)

περικύκλῳ 19× (5.4%)

'' 14× (3.6%)

αὐτῆσ 9× (2.1%)

--- 4× (1.2%)

κύκλωμα 3× (0.7%)

ἐκύκλουν 2× (0.6%)

ἐκύκλωσάν 2× (0.6%)

ἐπέστρεψεν 2× (0.5%)

RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
No verse found

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And he will build upon the wall of the house a floor round about the walls of the house round about for the temple, for the oracle: and he will make ribs round about.

LITV Translation:
And he built a side-structure on the wall of the house all around, against the walls of the house all around; to the temple and to the sanctuary. And he made side sections all around.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And against the wall of the house he set chambers round about the temple and the ark.